Why Does Google Steal My Facebook Photos?
Why Does Google Steal My Facebook Photos?
Facebook says that it would only put me in public search listings like google if I am over the age of 18, even if you are over 18 you can block facebook from allowing google or other search engines from stealing your information and photographs.
I am only 16 years old and facbook has put me on the public search listing. WHY????
How can I make a full complaint?
Everytime I google up my full name, my facebook photo along with my full name comes up. WHY? All my facebook photos have privacy setting and I only allow certain friends to see them yet I find myself on google with all my information. Is facebook as reliable? NO IT ISN’T!
I’ve also deleted all my facebook photos included my account but my photo still shows up on google.
How can I stop this or make a complaint?
4 Responses
Verve
20 Feb 2010
Trey.
20 Feb 2010
Google doesn’t steal you photos.. Google is a search engine of course that combines all links related to a paticular word or phrase… For example, if I had a picture on face book labeled john smith.. When I go to google and type it in.. Sooner or later I will come across it. It just uploads the picture as a photo link. Nothing major.
bassam_diab
20 Feb 2010
Hi, this is not an answer but rather an addition to your complaint. I’ve even deleted all of my pictures from facebook for this same reason.. (including all history)…. but my deleted profile pictures are still popping up (months later) every time I google my name!!.. nothing on facebook’s website to help…at all……I’m looking forward to resolving this….
I beleive it’s affecting my job applications!! someone please HELP!!!
HI… I ONLY KNEW HOW TO EDIT MY ANSWER AND NOT REPLY.. PLS READ… What about the statement regarding the contract ending when you delete the content???.. i quote: "This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account."
Celeb C
20 Feb 2010
It seems you did not read the Facebook TOS. Anything you submit to facebook is under ownership of facebook. By checking the "i agree to submit photo" you signed off ownership to facebook. Even if you delete the photo, it is property of Facebook (TM) Inc. facebook can do what they choose with it. You should understand, that when you submit something, if private or not, it is available to all the internet. Use discretion when submitting info, including photos.
From TOS:
"By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant… an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license… to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display … such User Content for any purpose…"
To follow up on an earlier answer, you should be cautious about anything you upload to the web because it becomes part of the public domain. Once something is out there is virtual space, it is close to impossible to get rid of it.
So, think twice about the pictures you upload and about what you may write on your Facebook, MySpace, or blog pages.