This is scary, especially when you or your friends are under the illusion that Facebook is behind these games/quizzes, and thus accord them the trust they give the social media platform. It wouldn't be out of place to question the integrity of these developers when you consider the possibility that their activities on the platform are not monitored. 'Anyone' includes developers that belong to the Facebook developers community or the Facebook gaming creator community and other individuals who find ways of integrating their services into Facebook features.
The fact remains, anyone can create Facebook games. What's more? It also reflects that apps and games are managed by developers outside of Facebook. Information collected by these apps, websites or integrated services is subject to their own terms and policies."
In addition, when you download or use such third-party services, they can access your Public Profile, which includes your username or user ID, your age range and country/language, your list of friends, as well as any information that you share with them.
" When you use third-party apps, websites or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Services, they may receive information about what you post or share. That, obviously, is not safe.Įven when vetted and their objectives for data collection fall within accepted terms and conditions, identifying those with ulterior motives remains a difficult task.įacebook clearly disengages itself from these tools, according to a disclaimer about third-party apps in its updated privacy policy. Take it as a third party sharing your data with another third party with your consent. Your public information, as well as those of your friends – photos, posts, and online activities – which can be used to deduce interests, preferences, affiliations, and views, can be accessed by people you don't know.Īs if that is not enough, these games also have disclosure statements in their privacy policies that allow data sharing with third parties for some purposes. The implication of this is that, when playing these games, you might be giving away more information than you initially intended. Here is how it works even for some popular ones like WOW and OMG.Īt the point of playing, you are notified of what the game will have access to, which when carefully observed, is far more than necessary for a simple online game/quiz. These quizzes or personality test games usually request access to not just your profile, but everyone on your friends list who has played the game. A major concern with taking online quizzes is unwittingly giving out sensitive information to unknown individuals not affiliated with Facebook.
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