As Twitter says, “You are what you Tweet.” Sad but true; more than one reputation has been built or destroyed in 140 characters or less.
Effective June 18, the Twitter privacy policy was updated. Chances are millions of users received the notice but didn’t have time to find out what it means for them. We get it, we’re busy too and fine print is a tough pill to swallow; but with the recent upheaval in engagement strategy caused by their recent algorithm updates and how they impact social media syndication, it’s a good time to find out what other Twitter changes might be suddenly impacting The Channel.
The entire policy can be found here, and the Cliff Notes version is below:
It’s not just the Twitter platform; privacy policy updates include how your information is shared across SMS, API’s, email notifications, applications, buttons, embeds and across all their “covered services” including:
If you use any of these services or the mobile apps for Twitter or TweetDeck, the privacy policy changes impact those accounts too.
Twitter, Inc in San Francisco controls your information if you’re in the USA and Twitter International, an Irish company, controls it if you’re located outside of the United States. However, regardless of which organization captures your data, they can “transfer, store and use” it in any country they operate in. (Which is basically anywhere on the planet with Internet access).
Twitter says, “We collect and use your information to provide, understand and improve services.”
Note: Don’t want to be found by phone and/or email? You can control this in the discoverability settings of your account.
If you allow Twitter (or their other services) access to your contacts, they will help you find them in order to connect. Twitter “may” also use that information to personalize the content they send to you such as suggestions for other connects.
Note: If you already uploaded your contact list but don’t want them to use it in this way; change your preferences here.
Twitter collects metadata about your activities including:
When you publish a Tweet or add/change your profile, this is where that public information instantly goes:
Warning from Twitter: Before posting, think carefully about how public you want that information to become.
For direct messaging, Twitter says they “store and process your communications and information related to them” Vague, right? Yes – so just understand a private message on Twitter might not be so private after all.
Happy Tweeting!
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