Islamabad: As a privacy-oriented communications platform, protecting people’s information is central to Meta’s vision, says Ariane Hammy, Asia Pacific’s privacy policy manager at Meta, the company that owns the major social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. ,
He expressed these views while giving a briefing and answering questions from the media at a media briefing session about its privacy policy for Pakistani journalists at a local hotel in Islamabad.
Ariane Hemi, MetaKey Privacy Policy Manager for Asia Pacific, informed reporters about the user data and information security policies on the company’s platform, saying that as a privacy-oriented communications platform, it’s MetaKey’s key to protect people’s information. is central to vision. is the situation.
He added that confidentiality of information is of fundamental importance to Meta and that everyone in the company is responsible for ensuring it.
He said Meta is committed to giving people as much control over their privacy choices as possible. This is why the company has created tools to provide greater transparency and control over how data is used. Meta provides a number of tools to empower its users on the privacy of their information. These tools include ‘Privacy Check’, ‘Privacy Shortcut’. , , ‘Manage Activity’, ‘Audience Selector Tool’, ‘Who Can Find Me?’ and ‘Privacy Center’.
According to him, these tools make privacy, security and ad control settings more accessible to users. In addition, they help them decide who can see the content they share and how can people find them on Facebook? Privacy Center is an information center for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger that provides the most useful information about privacy.
Meta, he said, gives people more information and control over its products and ads, enabling people to understand its data management practices and ensure there’s no conflict between the ads they show and privacy policies. Not there.
Meta also gives users the option to choose their preferences regarding advertising so that Meta can use their profile information and their information on Facebook and websites or apps used outside of Facebook. And meta-tools can change preferences based on activity, such as ‘Why am I being shown this ad? ‘ and ‘Why am I showing this post?’ Give users the option to change their preferences by clicking on an ad or post on their News Feed.
He also said that Meta seeks guidance from experts in areas such as data protection and privacy law, security, interface design, engineering, product management and public policy to design privacy controls in its products. The company’s privacy team is committed to protecting people’s information at every stage of product development.
Ariane Hemi Nice also noted that tools available on meta-platforms such as ‘security checks’, ‘two-factor verification’, ‘end-to-end encryption’ and ‘third-party apps’ additional monitoring to protect information determine procedures. , Make sure Meta provides people with additional control and options over their data and gives them the flexibility to delete their posts, etc., or transfer the data to other services, as Meta considers free and at no cost. The Internet means people should have the option to transfer their data to other apps and services. Meta does not sell user information to anyone. Strict rules must be followed regarding the use and disclosure of the information provided.
He also added that at Meta, privacy and security systems are always being improved and the company will continue to invest and innovate to give its users the best experience on its platform.