Privacy Implications of Facebook
Facebook is classified as a medium-risk social media technology with a prevalence of 0.6% across our monitored dataset. When a website deploys Facebook, it creates a data channel between the visitor's browser and facebook.com, allowing the collection of browsing behavior, page interactions, and potentially device fingerprinting data.
What Data Does Facebook Collect?
As a social media technology, Facebook typically collects page views, session duration, click patterns, referrer data, and user agent information. Some implementations may also collect form interactions, scroll depth, and custom event data configured by the website operator.
Compliance Considerations
Under GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, websites deploying Facebook must obtain informed consent before the technology loads, unless it falls under the “strictly necessary” exemption. With a prevalence of 0.6%, Facebook is one of the less common technologies in our dataset. Vendor risk teams should verify that partners using Facebook have implemented proper consent management and data processing agreements.
Impact on Privacy Scores
Websites using Facebook have an average privacy score of 34.4/100 and an average of 21.1 total trackers. As a medium-risk technology, its presence contributes moderate score deductions. Our detailed domain reports show exactly how each tracker affects a site's overall privacy grade.