hi Pam you need to have 2 different user names, I am Aly on my personal account and Alyson on the library / professional account. I also use 2 different email accounts to manage the notifications. this is really common practice in academic library circles. hope that helps Aly -----Original Message----- From: Pam Owen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thu 02/09/2010 08:50 To: Peacock, Alyson; [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: Using Facebook to connect with students PRIVACY [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 17.17 Hi One of my colleagues did what you describe and she recently had this from Facebook when she encountered problems in accessing one of her accounts. 'Our records indicate that you have more than one account on Facebook. For future reference, please note that maintaining multiple accounts is a violation of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Violations of this rule could result in all of your accounts being disabled. Unfortunately, Facebook does not allow you to merge accounts. Please respond to this email and specify which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Be sure to include: * A description of the profile picture * A rough estimate of when the account was created * Any other information that could help identify the account you want to keep Once we receive this information, we can take further steps to assist you.' Pam Pam Owen Equality and Diversity Manager Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe Campus 01494 603098 [log in to unmask] From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peacock, Alyson Sent: 01 September 2010 12:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Using Facebook to connect with students PRIVACY [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 17.17 hi what I do is have 2 accounts, 1 for work related groups and 1 for personal. That way you can easily filter who you want to see your professional / personal postings. Aly -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Ursula Bilson Sent: Wed 01/09/2010 11:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Using Facebook to connect with students PRIVACY [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 17.17 Hi I too have been interested to read the thread about using Facebook. A recent article in the Times Higher about how prospective university students view websites included mention of Face book and twitter, and including student comments -all seen as positive in the eyes of the student. However - I've just seen this Privacy alert in the EPIC newsletter. I've included below just the article on Face book. Generally, I think there are concerns that once you join the "Face book Group" you can't hide your membership from others in the group, or from your other Face book friends vey easily. This adds another layer of settings to configure too. Thanks Ursula From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of EPIC Alert Sent: 31 August 2010 22:18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 17.17 ======================================================================= E P I C A l e r t ======================================================================= Volume 17.17 August 31, 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Washington, D.C. http://www.epic.org/alert/epic_alert_1717.html "Defend Privacy. Support EPIC." http://epic.org/donate ======================================================================= Table of Contents ======================================================================= [1] Senators Question Full Body Scanners, Highlight Health Risks [2] EPIC Launches Body Scanner Incident Report Page [3] Facebook "Places" Embeds Privacy Risks [4] Agency Reconsiders Medical Breach Notification Rule [5] Lawsuit Filed for Travel Surveillance Records [6] News in Brief [7] EPIC Book Review: "Islands of Privacy" [8] Upcoming Conferences and Events TAKE ACTION: Stop Airport Strip Searches! - JOIN Facebook Group "Stop Airport Strip Searches" and INVITE Friends - DISPLAY the IMAGE http://thepublicvoice.org/nakedmachine.jpg - SUPPORT EPIC http://www.epic.org/donate/ ======================================================================= [3] Facebook "Places" Embeds Privacy Risks ======================================================================= The recently announced Facebook service Places makes user location data routinely available to others, including Facebook business partners, regardless of whether users wish to disclose their location. There is no single opt-out to avoid location tracking. The default settings of this new tool allow user data to be disclosed in a number of ways that are not immediately clear to users. Facebook has put a complicated set of new privacy settings in place to deal with the "Places" tool. Additionally, Facebook allows anyone to create a location on the system, which means anyone could add the location of a person's home or business to the website without the person's knowledge. By default, Facebook has enabled Places for all users. If a user chooses to "check in" from a mobile device, that user's location is published to that user's news feed. If the option "Include me in 'People Here Now' after I check in" is selected, the user's location also appears on the public page of the location, available to everyone. This setting is enabled by default for those who have previously set some of their other information available to everyone. If a user checks in, that user can "tag" a number of friends as also being at the same location. The default behavior for users tagged by their friends is very confusing. Those users who have taken no action with respect to this setting will receive an email and a prompt with the options to "allow" or "not now." Those who choose "allow" are automatically set to allow all future check-ins by friends. Those who choose "not now" are still tagged as being at the location, just not "checked in." Users are also tagged immediately when the check-in takes place, although the tags may be removed once users become aware of them. A user who has ever used Places to check in is automatically set to allow check-ins by friends. By default, check-in information is also available to the third-party developers of applications that a user has authorized, as well as to the third-party developers of applications that a user's friends have authorized. Additionally, At the Coca-Cola Village Amusement Park in Israel, visitors were recently issued bracelets with RFID chips that linked to their Facebook accounts. RFID readers scattered throughout the park updated the users' Facebook pages when the bracelets were scanned and on-site photographers posted photos that were automatically tagged with the users' identities. For users who do not want location information revealed to others, EPIC recommends that Facebook users: (1) disable "Friends can check me in to Places," (2) customize "Places I Check In," (3) disable "People Here Now," and (4) uncheck "Places I check in to" from the list of settings accessible to applications through your friends. EPIC, joined by many consumer and privacy organizations, has two complaints pending at the Federal Trade Commission concerning Facebook's unfair and deceptive trade practices, which are frequently associated with new product announcements. EPIC: Facebook Places and Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/places/ EPIC: Facebook and Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/ EPIC: In re Facebook http://epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/ EPIC: In re Facebook II http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/in_re_facebook_ii.html Facebook Places http://www.facebook.com/places/ To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm