Your information & photographs may be in jeopardy when posted on Facebook!

Updated 2/18/09- PROGRESS!

"Terms of Use Update"
Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.

If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

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2/17/2009
Based on the article from DailyTech, the Terms of Service agreement have changed. This means that your information, which includes photographs, videos, etc- MAY be in jeopardy should you decide to cancel Facebook. They can legally (yes, I said LEGALLY) KEEP all your personal info and do what they want to do with it. Before the revision, all your personal info would be terminated in a timely manner. Not the case any more people. For your sake, I would not suggest uploading too much pictures or videos on there. Facebook is not the place to do it. The article is below. Warm Regards- Michelle

Facebook's TOS Changes Anger Some Users

A recent change in Facebook's TOS has left some Facebook users rather disgruntled

The previous Facebook terms of service (TOS) stated that if a user closed his or her Facebook account, rights to original content posted on the profile would eventually expire. The recent TOS changes, however, give Facebook the ability to use uploaded content any way they see fit through an unending and irrevocable license.

Bloggers and Twitter users discovered the new TOS earlier this morning and a mini-uproar has taken place by a number of Facebook users.

According to The Consumerist:
You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof.

The previous TOS had legal wording that essentially said content would expire at some point after user content is removed from Facebook.

"You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content."

Facebook has more than 175 million active users, gaining around 25 million in about one month. The world's most popular social networking web site may have to answer angry complaints once a larger number of Facebook users become aware of the TOS changes the Palo Alto-based company recently made.