In addition to photos and videos, the social network will now allow the transfer of encrypted notes and posts.
Facebook users will now be able to transfer the text of their notes and posts stored on the social network to platforms such as Blogger, Google Docs, and WordPress.
It is an additional form of data portability, which is already available for photos and videos with Backblaze, Dropbox, Google Photos, and Koofr.
“When designing this tool, we focused on privacy, security, and usefulness. In addition to asking you to re-enter your password before initiating the transfer, we will encrypt your data as it moves from one service to another, so you have the peace of mind of knowing that it is being transferred securely. We plan to continue expanding the data types and partners in the future, ”explained Steve Satterfield, director of privacy and public policy.
As the scope of the tool was expanded for an additional format, Facebook changed the name of the option to “Transfer your information.” To access it, go to the “Your Facebook information” section and look for it in the Facebook settings.
The company argued that the decision is part of its commitment to offer people more control and choice over their data. He also took the opportunity to invite legislators, developers, and experts to seek standards that define what data can be transferred and who is responsible for protecting it to “continue to create an ecosystem with trusted functions to facilitate data portability.”
In fact, Facebook sent a report on data portability to the Federal Trade Commission of the United States where it establishes five questions about portability and privacy that it hopes will be resolved in the laws that are issued in the future: What is data portability? What data should be portable? Whose data should be portable? How should we protect privacy while enabling portability? And once people’s data is transferred, who is responsible if the data is misused or inadequately protected?
According to Erin Egan, vice president, and chief privacy officer, “Part of having a free and open Internet means that people should be able to share their data with the applications or services they love the most.”
