Facebook as a Personal Data Store

Issue/Topic: Facebook as PDS

Session: Tuesday 3D

Conference: IIW-11 November 2-4, Mountain View, Complete Notes Page

Convener: Joe (Switchbook)

Notes-taker(s): Ankit Kapasi

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Discussion notes:

Place where I share “my data” with service providers

Data provided from Facebook:
 * Basic- name, friend list, gender, likes
 * Extended
 * Everyone data set

Permission to data set granted at first interaction
 * By user
 * By service

Instant Personalization – Facebook now moving towards opt-out instead of opt-in
 * No permission ceremony

Authentication and then website uses OpenGraph API

FB did right
 * Scaled quickly
 * People submitted data without thinking about it (was it a trick?)
 * Start with the .edu and connected within
 * Allowing websites to cache the data, critical to website growth

Missing from FB platform:
 * People don’t have ability to control terms of data use
 * Incomplete and non-customizable (e.g., cant add your own public key)
 * Tweak the permissions after time passes
 * Open Standards / Substitutable (can now download copy of data)
 * Verification of identity and specific data elements
 * Setting per Vendor
 * Stability in Privacy and other policies
 * Terms for users on the 3rd party website