Ok, most of this is old news: Facebook changed their privacy policy after the latest conference, F8. Basically, now you have to publicly "link" to other users to display information such as where you went to undergrad, current employer, etc.
But, Facebook offered the option to "opt out" of the links by removing the information from your profile. As I was not interested in sharing my personal information with third parties, I opted out early last week. So, I deleted information regarding my high school, undergrad, and post grad., amongst other information I wasn't interested in making available to Facebook's commercial partners.
However, the following screenshots (taken 5.5.10 between 10:30 and 11:00 est) demonstrate Facebook's inability to abide by its own stated privacy policy:
Exh A -- Facebook's policy @ 5/5/10 10:50 EST:
"7. Editing your profile. You may change or remove your profile information at any time by going to your profile page and clicking 'Edit My Profile.' Information will be updated immediately."
(This was going to be a screenshot but I couldn't get the formatting to work ... )
Exh B -- My "Search" information, containing info I chose not to link to and indicating Facebook had RETAINED the info I deleted DAYS earlier and was using it to promote social connections on the site:
I understand that that Facebook, per its privacy policy, may retain backup copies of profile information that has been deleted. However, this is active use of info I deleted.
What say you, Facebook?
