If you add a Facebook application, you are giving the owners of that application access to the following information (obviously Facebook already has access to all this data to use as they may):
The Facebook Site Information may include, without limitation, the following information, to the extent visible on the Facebook Site:
- your name
- your profile picture
- your gender
- your birthday
- your hometown location (city/state/country)
- your current location (city/state/country)
- your political view
- your activities
- your interests
- your musical preferences
- television shows in which you are interested
- movies in which you are interested
- books in which you are interested
- your favorite quotes
- the text of your "About Me" section
- your relationship status
- your dating interests
- your relationship interests
- your summer plans
- your Facebook user network affiliations
- your education history
- your work history
- your course information
- copies of photos in your Facebook Site photo albums
- metadata associated with your Facebook Site photo albums (e.g., time of upload, album name, comments on your photos, etc.)
- the total number of messages sent and/or received by you
- the total number of unread messages in your Facebook in-box
- the total number of "pokes" you have sent and/or received
- the total number of wall posts on your Wallâ„¢
- a list of user IDs mapped to your Facebook friends
- your social timeline
- and events associated with your Facebook profile.
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Posted by TheIdeaMan at June 14, 2007 09:04 AM | TrackBackAlso, there is this neato-rama bit of code for the folks that want to away with the apps altogether:
http://davegerdt.com/2007/06/10/remove-facebook-apps/
Posted by: timf at June 14, 2007 06:08 PM