Week 4 - Tutorial Task

For this week's tutorial task we have to pick a social networking site and understand the Terms of Service. I decided to check out Tumblr! I go on Tumblr everyday just to see what the people I currently follow upload, and since I haven't read their conditions of use when signing up, why not today? Three
questions are up for discussion in regards to researching Tumblr's Terms of Service.

First of all, I hardly ever read the Terms of Service when creating a new account via the Internet. I have an instant reaction that it would be safe and secure besides, I am always in a rush to create a new account so I tend to skip it. But, after a group discussion about how much power networking sites can uphold, it was very surprising. Little did I know that the social networking sites are able to invade my personal information and use it in anyway they like it. As soon as you upload content on your Tumblr, it's owned by Tumblr nothing else. Regarding privacy, the policy was indicated to a whole new page discussing about it! Tumblr can access your personal information and use it against you if you are disrupting the site. Otherwise it is on a restricted database so your information should be secure. All the content you upload is on copyright regulations so your content is yours unless personally asked if third parties can use it.

Tumblr, 2010, Accepting the Terms of Service, viewed 17th of August, http://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/terms_of_service