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APPENDIX A — COMPARING DEFINITIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY POLICIES AND TERMS OF SERVICE*

 

Definition of “personal information” or equivalent

PIPEDA

“means information about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.” s.2(1)

Facebook

By "information" we mean facts and other information about you, including actions taken by users and non-users who interact with Facebook.

By "content" we mean anything you or other users post on Facebook that would not be included in the definition of information.

By "data" or "user data" or "user's data" we mean any data, including a user's content or information that you or third parties can retrieve from Facebook or provide to Facebook through Platform. (Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, s.18, accessed June 15, 2012)

Google+

Personal Information: This is information which you provide to us which personally identifies you, such as your name, email address or billing information, or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by Google.

Sensitive personal information: This is a particular category of personal information relating to confidential medical facts, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs or sexuality.

Non-personally identifiable information: This is information that is recorded about users so that it no longer reflects or references an individually identifiable user.” (Privacy Policy, Key Terms, accessed June 15, 2012)

LinkedIn

“Please note that certain information, statements, data, and content (such as photographs) which you may submit to LinkedIn, or groups you choose to join might, or are likely to, reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, and/or other personal information about you.” (Terms of Service, 2.K, accessed June 15, 2012)

Nexopia

“When opening an account, Nexopia.com collects identifiable information submitted by you (Personal Information), including but not limited to: name, email address, username (that you create), sex (gender), location and age. In addition, to help members find and communicate with each other, you may submit and post additional profile data (“Profile Data”), including but not limited to the following: weight, height, sexuality (i.e. sexual orientation), dating and living situation and information regarding your interests through the “Profile” tab. In addition, you have the ability to post photographs. Profile Data is not Personal Information collected by Nexopia.” (Privacy Policy, accessed June 15, 2012)

Twitter

personal information: When you create or reconfigure a Twitter account, you provide some personal information, such as your name, username, password, and email address.”

“Non-Private or Non-Personal Information: We may share or disclose your non-private, aggregated or otherwise non-personal information, such as your public user profile information, public Tweets, the people you follow or that follow you, or the number of users who clicked on a particular link (even if only one did).” (Privacy Policy, accessed June 15, 2012)


*             Source: Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), October 18, 2012.