Before you can use Facebook, you must indicate your acceptance of that social networks legal terms, which includes its privacy policy and its terms and policies. You cannot neither alter your acceptance of that agreement nor restrict the rights of entities who are not parties to that agreement simply by posting a notice to your Facebook account, citing the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), or referencing the Berne Convention. (One of the common legal talismans referenced above is UCC Section 1-308, which has long been popular among conspiracy buffs who incorrectly maintain that citing it above your signature on an instrument will confer upon you the ability to invoke extraordinary legal rights.) If you do not agree with Facebooks stated policies, you have several options: • Decline to sign up for a Facebook account. • Bilaterally negotiate a modified policy with Facebook. • Lobby for Facebook to amend its policies through its Facebook Site Governance section. • Cancel your Facebook account. (Note that in the last case, you may have already ceded some rights which you cannot necessarily reclaim by canceling your account.)
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:17:12 +0000
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