According to European data protection law, “every individual has the right to get a copy of all personal data a company holds about him (right to access)”. This law is applicable to facebook too, since every European user has a contract with “Facebook Ireland Limited”, based in Dublin, Ireland. As, to follow the laws in Europe, Facebook is providing the user’s data to respective users.
The data that is completely yours and attached with your Facebook account is delivered to you in a CD as a collection of PDF Files. To get your data, European Facebook users have to request Facebook by filling out a form [image below] presented on Facebbok website. Requests for this data are routed through Facebook’s offices in Ireland, where a group of Europe vs. Facebook employees sifts through them, compiles these records and then sends them to the user. These data can be as heavy as of more than a GB or lesser than 10 MB dependent on your usage and time spent on Facebook.
According to, ZIET Online, Filling out the form is not enough, unfortunately some users may face a sort of problems too and then you have to follow some legal action to get your data.
How to get your data- Europe-vs-Facebook explains all the requires step as,
Requesting your Data – Step by Step
1. Preparation
- Scan or take a picture of a government ID (e.g. driver license, national ID, passport)
Note: Facebook needs your ID in order to assure that you (and not someone else) is requesting your data.2. Fill out Facebook’s form
- If you used a wrong name or birthdate on facebook, you have to correct it before you request your data.
- Visit facebook’s access request page (link)
- Fill out the form and upload the picture of your government ID.
Note: As the law you can cite “Section 4 DPA” or “Art. 12 Directive 95/46/EG”!3. Insist on your Rights
Facebook tries to get rid of people requesting their data. Therefore the first response is often an e-mail with the information on how to log onto facebook. Of course you can not see all the data that is used in the background this way (e.g. meta data, deleted data).
Sometimes it is necessary to send two or three e-mails, or it is even necessary to make a complaint to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.4. Recive a CD
As soon as facebook gives in, you will get a CD holding your data and a short letter. According to Irish regulation Facebook has 40 days form the initial request to deliver the CD. On the CD you will usually finda a PDF that holds a lot, but not all your personal data. You can expect that the PDF will be more than 1.000 pages long and more than hundred megabyte in size.
You will be able to get an idea of the amount of personal data facebook is holding about you. Some of the data will be data that you removed long ago where you did not even know that it still existed. If this is true for the data you are receiving, we would appreciate it, if you would contact us!
Facebook may sends your data in a number of different categories. Here’s a complete category of data that facebook will provide you-
So, if you are living in Europe region- claim a copy of your data from Facebook and explore what you have shared yet.
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Source: Europe-vs-Facebook
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