The first privacy policy I decided to check out was Instagram. Instragram was recently under fire for policy changes! On
December 18, 2012, Instagram released a new policy that angered users
around the world. This was because the main point of the policy
announced that it has the right to sell users’ photographs without
payment or notification. The policy was set to take effect on January
16, just three months after Facebook completed the acquisition of
Instagram. Instagram has since changed their policy and it was updated on January 19th 2013. They are still sharing your info with anyone and everyone, but your photos will not be sold out to third party's! That was a huge concern for celebrities wanting to be a part of the service. The deal was you had to delete your account and start a new one to be safe from the photos being sold.
The second policy fact from Instagram that surprised me was they have a childrens policy which states the following:
The second policy fact from Instagram that surprised me was they have a childrens policy which states the following:
Instagram does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Service. The Service and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
I wonder why its only under 13? There were many parts of the policy that were typical including:
A device identifier may deliver information to us or to a third party
partner about how you browse and use the Service and may help us or
others provide reports or personalized content and ads.
Following termination or deactivation of your account, Instagram, its
Affiliates, or its Service Providers may retain information (including
your profile information) and User Content for a commercially reasonable
time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes.
Next I took a look at Apple's privacy policy and surprising to me I found the following policy:
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13 we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. I guess that one is pretty common....
I also thought this was interesting and surprising:
In the U.S., we may ask for your Social Security number (SSN) but only in limited circumstances such as when setting up a wireless account and activating your iPhone or when determining whether to extend commercial credit.
The two typical elements of the policy are they may Apple may collect information on people you connect with on their devices and they have access to your location basically at all times.
My feelings on privacy policies are basically every company needs one. A company does not really have any way around that. A company's social media policy would really have no effect on whether I would work for them or not as long as it was ethical. I would not want to stand behind a company doing shady things beyond reason with peoples information.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13 we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. I guess that one is pretty common....
I also thought this was interesting and surprising:
In the U.S., we may ask for your Social Security number (SSN) but only in limited circumstances such as when setting up a wireless account and activating your iPhone or when determining whether to extend commercial credit.
The two typical elements of the policy are they may Apple may collect information on people you connect with on their devices and they have access to your location basically at all times.
My feelings on privacy policies are basically every company needs one. A company does not really have any way around that. A company's social media policy would really have no effect on whether I would work for them or not as long as it was ethical. I would not want to stand behind a company doing shady things beyond reason with peoples information.
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