{"id":6569,"date":"2020-09-17T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:41:45","slug":"does-facebook-sell-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/does-facebook-sell-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Facebook sell your data?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block uk-card-default uk-padding\" style=\"font-size:16px\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>Table of Contents<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#how-does-facebook-collect-information\">How Does Facebook Collect Information?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#does-facebook-sell-your-data\">Does Facebook sell your data?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-was-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal\">What Was the Cambridge Analytica Scandal?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#can-i-request-my-data-from-facebook\">Can I Request My Data From Facebook?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#now-what\">Now What?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a Facebook account, you\u2019re probably well aware that the social media giant keeps tabs on you while you\u2019re on its platform. However, you might not have realized that it also tracks you when you\u2019re not on Facebook \u2014 and has been doing so for years.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly, Facebook knows more or less everything there is to know about its users. But the question remains, does Facebook sell your data? The good news is that Facebook doesn\u2019t sell user data to third parties. The bad news is that instead, it sells targeted advertising.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Targeted ads make Facebook a lot of money. In 2019, the company generated <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/271258\/facebooks-advertising-revenue-worldwide\/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20about%2098.5%20percent,increase%20in%20comparison%20to%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">almost $70 billion<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from ad revenue alone. The thing is: some argue that selling data and selling targeted advertising is the same thing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to learn about how Facebook collects user information and what it does with it. Still not sure how Cambridge Analytica used Facebook data to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2018\/mar\/23\/leaked-cambridge-analyticas-blueprint-for-trump-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>help Donald Trump win<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the U.S. presidential election? We go over that, too. We also show you how to request your data from Facebook so that you know precisely how it stalks you.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-does-facebook-collect-information\"><strong>How Does Facebook Collect Information?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook uses many different methods to gather information about its users. These methods include, but are not limited to, monitoring your actions on Facebook platforms, tracking you all over the internet via cookies, and following you across your apps via the Facebook Login feature.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moment you click \u201cCreate New [Facebook] Account\u201d is the moment that the social networking site starts collecting information on you. When most people sign up for Facebook, they voluntarily share their name, birth date, and phone number or email address. Many also fill out their profiles, supplying additional information, like their workplace, schools they\u2019ve attended, hometown, current city, and relationship status.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t forget that any data you share publicly on your Facebook profile is accessible to anyone online \u2014 including data brokers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve made a Facebook profile, you\u2019re probably going to use it (here\u2019s <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/article\/why-is-facebook-so-addictive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a good article<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on why it\u2019s so addictive). And anytime you do, Facebook tracks:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you log in and from where (including your IP address)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long you spend scrolling<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People, accounts, pages, groups, and hashtags you connect with<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Places you check in to<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pages you follow<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How you use Facebook\u2019s camera<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metadata of content you share (like the location of a photo)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact information (if uploaded from a device)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who you talk to on Messenger and for how long<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Items you buy through Facebook<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information other people share about you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook doesn\u2019t stop spying on you when you log out of your account. Advertisers, app developers, and publishers can send Facebook information on your activities outside Facebook, including the websites you visit, things you buy, and how you use their services \u2014 regardless of whether or not you have a Facebook account.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yep, Facebook can track you <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/facebook-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-have-account-888699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even if you don\u2019t have a Facebook account<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as long as the site or app you visit uses Facebook tools like \u201cLike\u201d and \u201cShare\u201d buttons and the Facebook pixel (a type of tracking cookie).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what Facebook says in its Data Policy, \u201cA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> game developer could use our API to tell us what games you play, or a business could tell us about a purchase you made in its store. We also receive information about your online and offline actions and purchases from third-party data providers who have the rights to provide us with your information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you use <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/facebook-portal-will-the-video-chat-device-spy-on-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Portal<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a video communication device, Facebook also knows who you call and how long your calls last. It also records your voice commands. However, these commands are apparently not used for ad targeting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/facebook\/2019\/01\/31\/a-handy-list-of-ways-facebook-has-tried-to-sneakily-gather-data-about-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Next Web<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has an interesting article on other sneaky ways Facebook collects information on you (spoiler alert: it involves the social network paying teens $20 a month to install a tracking app and a \u201cfree\u201d VPN that gathers information about its users).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"does-facebook-sell-your-data\"><strong>Does Facebook sell your data?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook claims that it doesn\u2019t sell its users\u2019 personal information. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that your private data is 100% safe. According to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/full_data_use_policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u2019s Data Policy<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the company may share information about you with third-party apps, advertisers, other partners (like vendors and service providers), and any companies that it owns.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look at each one in turn.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"third-party-integrations\"><strong>Third-party integrations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you use third-party apps integrated with Facebook, the third-party apps may receive information about what you post or share. To use Facebook\u2019s own example, \u201cWhen \u2026 you use the Facebook Comment or Share button on a website, the \u2026 website may receive a comment or link that you share from their website on Facebook.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, third-party apps can access your Facebook profile, which can include your username, age, country, language, list of friends, and any other information you chose to make public. Note that data collected by third-party integrations are subject to their own policies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"advertisers\"><strong>Advertisers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To show you more relevant ads, Facebook also shares your information with advertising, measurement, and analytics services. However, Facebook makes it very clear that it doesn\u2019t divulge personally identifiable information, like your name or email, unless you give them permission to do so.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, Facebook may:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell their partners how their ads performed (like how many people saw the ad).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide generic demographic information (i.e., \u201c25-year-old female, in Madrid, who likes software engineering\u201d).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow advertisers to selectively target people (\u201cFriends of Newly Engaged,\u201d \u201cLikely to Engage in Politics (Conservative)\u201d and \u201cFamily of Expats\u201d are just some of the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adespresso.com\/blog\/the-15-strangest-targeting-categories-on-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">targeting categories<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Facebook).&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly, some people disagree that ad-targeting is any different from selling personal data. In an article for the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/12\/opinion\/facebook-data-privacy-advertising.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, assistant professor at Stanford\u2019s Graduate School of Business Michal Kosinski writes, \u201cWhen the company argues that it is not selling data, but rather selling targeted advertising, it\u2019s luring you into a semantic trap, encouraging you to imagine that the only way of selling data is to send advertisers a file filled with user information. Congress may have fallen for this trap set up by Mr. Zuckerberg, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to. The fact that your data is not disclosed in an Excel spreadsheet but through a click on a targeted ad is irrelevant. Data still changes hands and goes to the advertiser.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-partners\"><strong>Other partners<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook also transfers user information to service providers, vendors, and other partners that support its business (think companies that provide analyzing or customer support services). However, these partners are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facebook-owned-brands\"><strong>Facebook-owned brands<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook makes no secret of the fact that it shares any data it has on you within its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/111814505650678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>family of companies<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the text and voice messaging app WhatsApp.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-owner\"><strong>New owner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Were Facebook to sell all or some of its services or assets, your personal information could end up in the hands of the <\/span><b>new owner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-companies\"><strong>Other companies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also worth remembering that in the past, Facebook came under fire for trading user data with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/18\/technology\/facebook-privacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>other tech companies<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (like Yahoo, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, and Microsoft), online retailers, car manufacturers, and media organizations \u2014 without user consent.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information shared included names, contact information, and activities of users\u2019 friends as well as access to private messages.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-was-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal\">What Was the Cambridge Analytica Scandal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal was a data leak that exposed the personal information of over 87 million Facebook users in 2018. The data was used by the voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica to make \u201cpsychographic\u201d profiles about voters for use in political campaigns, including the Trump campaign and the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2019\/jul\/30\/cambridge-analytica-did-work-for-leave-eu-emails-confirm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brexit campaign in Britain<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happened was this: In 2014, the Soviet-born researcher Aleksandr Kogan created a personality quiz app called This Is Your Digital Life. Around 300,000 Facebook users were paid to download the app and take the surveys on it. At the time, Facebook made it possible for app developers to collect data not only on people using the app but also on their friends (provided that their privacy settings allowed it).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kogan apparently told Facebook that he was collecting user data for academic purposes. However, he updated the app\u2019s terms and conditions halfway through the project and passed on the information to Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica then allegedly <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5205314\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used the data<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to explore the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mental vulnerabilities of people, and then map out ways to inject information into different streams or channels of content online so that people started to see things all over the place that may or may not have been true.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the incident was reported on as <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/dec\/11\/senator-ted-cruz-president-campaign-facebook-user-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early as 2015<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, most people did not learn about it until 2018, when an ex-Cambridge Analytica employee, Christopher Wylie, came forward and shared all he knew. That same year, Mark Zuckerberg <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/live\/2018\/apr\/10\/mark-zuckerberg-testimony-live-congress-facebook-cambridge-analytica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testified to the U.S. Congress<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In March 2019, it came to light that <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/facebook-allegedly-knew-of-cambridge-analytica-months-prior-to-public-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook knew<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Cambridge Analytica\u2019s behavior before the scandal made news headlines worldwide. In July 2019, the Federal Trade Commission <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/blogs\/business-blog\/2019\/07\/ftcs-5-billion-facebook-settlement-record-breaking-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fined Facebook $5 billion<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for violating consumers\u2019 privacy rights.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"can-i-request-my-data-from-facebook\"><strong>Can I Request My Data From Facebook?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All active Facebook users can <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/212802592074644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download their Facebook data<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To do so, log in to your Facebook account and click on \u201cSettings &amp; Privacy\u201d (if using new Facebook). Then, select \u201cSettings\u201d (start here if using old Facebook) and click on\u201cYour Facebook Information.\u201d Find \u201cDownload Your Information\u201d and choose to \u201cView\u201d it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your information is divided into various different categories, including:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posts<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messages<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketplace<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment History<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apps and Websites<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interactions<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ads and Businesses<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information Used for Recommendations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can choose the format in which you want to download the information (HTML or JSON), the quality of media files, and a specific date range.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"now-what\"><strong>Now What?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Facebook doesn\u2019t technically sell user data to third parties, that doesn\u2019t mean that your personal information is safe. As demonstrated by the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, anyone can get their hands on your sensitive data if they really want to.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That could be disastrous. According to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/112\/4\/1036.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one study<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from 2015, your Facebook activity could indicate your psychological traits more accurately than your family or friends.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not quite ready to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete your Facebook account<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? We don\u2019t blame you. Besides, even if you get rid of your account, it can take Facebook up to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/224562897555674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">90 days<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to delete things you\u2019ve posted from their backup systems. Moreover, some information might always be out there. For example, your messaging history will still be visible to the person you wrote to, even if you delete your profile. Some third-party apps may also still be able to access the content you shared in the past. Plus, as mentioned earlier, Facebook can track you even if you\u2019re not a user.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, the situation isn\u2019t completely hopeless. Facebook recently rolled out <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/2207256696182627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Off-Facebook Activity<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (OFA) tools, which show you which websites and third-party apps share data with Facebook. You might be surprised to learn what Facebook knows about you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an article for <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/01\/28\/off-facebook-activity-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the technology columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler talks about how his colleagues that used the OFA tools were shocked to discover that Facebook knew \u201cabout a visit to a sperm-measurement service, log-ins to medical insurance and even the website to register for the Equifax breach settlement.\u201d Luckily, the tool lets you disconnect your off-Facebook activity (note that it might take up to 48 hours for that to happen).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what if your sensitive data is already out there? After all, Facebook logins cost <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/spooked-by-the-facebook-privacy-violations-this-is-how-much-your-personal-data-is-worth-on-the-dark-web-2018-03-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just $5.20<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the dark web. In that case, you might want to search for yourself on data brokers and people search sites. These sites compile accurate profiles on individuals that include things like their name, address, phone number, social media information, and more. We have <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/opt-out-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a thorough guide<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on how to opt-out of all major data brokers out there. Need a little help? <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeleteMe<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a subscription-based privacy service, can do it for you for as little as $10.75 a month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a Facebook account, you\u2019re probably well aware that the social media giant keeps tabs on you while you\u2019re on its platform. However, you might not have realized that it also tracks you when you\u2019re not on Facebook \u2014 and has been doing so for years. 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