What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?

Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by aestetix on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:44PM (#16853101)

How can they show me an ad if I don't have a Facebook account?

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by bunderbunder on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:03PM (#16853248)

Two ways:

1. Facebook runs its own ad network, so you might see Facebook ads even if you never go to Facebook's website.

2. You might still go to their website even if you don't have a Facebook account. Many local restaurants and community organizations only have a Web presence through their Facebook pages.

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by tintor on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:01PM (#16853241)

Facebook Ads on third party websites.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/26/facebook-starts-selling-of...

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by noselasd on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:03PM (#16853247)

Facebook runs an ad network (Facebook Audience - how successful, or how much used this is, I don't know though.

If you're visiting a site or using a mobile app served from facebooks ad network, you don't need to be on facebook or have a facebook account to be shown an ad.

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by wavesounds on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:55PM (#16853192)

From the post: "Facebook ads and measurement tools, which enable websites and apps to show ads from Facebook advertisers, to run their own ads on Facebook or elsewhere, and to understand the effectiveness of their ads."

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by jimmytidey on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:54PM (#16853183)

By having data about you facebook can infer stuff about other people who are on Facebook and serve better ads to them.

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