It's no secret that Facebook likes to collect data outside of the platform.
But now users can also see which companies transmit the data to Facebook. On the one hand, this is transparent, but on the other hand, it is also worrying and difficult to stop.
With the new “Activities outside of Facebook” function, the social network is providing insights into this data from third-party companies for the first time. However, Facebook's offers to stop this tracking with just a few clicks turn out to be illusory. Stiftung Warentest explains on test.de what the new data protection function is all about and gives tips against Facebook's hunger for data.
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Where can I view this?
At https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/activity_list , the social network shows which “activities outside of Facebook” it records using third-party sites and apps. Alternatively, you can also view the apps and pages under “Settings -> Your Facebook information -> Activities outside of Facebook”.
How intensively someone uses the network is irrelevant when monitoring surfing behavior on external portals.
The frequency of Facebook use doesn’t matter
Even for users who only access the social network once a month, hundreds of websites and apps can act as data suppliers for Facebook. The list of data collectors sometimes provides the company with numerous information about the political views of its users, age, sexual preference, job situation, place of residence, interests, state of health, financial situation or religiosity. In addition, the network still has all the user data that it has collected itself.
The collecting mania is not contained
Even if the user clicks on various options that supposedly limit data collection on other sites, this actually hardly changes the company's collecting mania. The only difference: The data is no longer linked to the user's profile, but is only used in anonymized form. You can read for free which tricks help against the company's hunger for data at www.test.de/off-fb .
Source: test.de
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Conclusion
It's a little scary when you see which apps and websites provide data to Facebook even though you haven't logged in to your account or ever clicked a Facebook Like button there. The author of the article had a total of 302 apps and websites , and one Test.de author even had over 380 .
This means that you can decouple the previously collected data from the account, but it will not be deleted! The company also makes it clear that data is still being collected. The only effect: advertising is displayed less personalized.
In principle, only deleting the account helps against the collecting mania, but tracking blockers and the anonymous mode of many browsers also make you a little less transparent for the company.
Article image: Shutterstock / By TY Lim
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