Faceoff

"Right to Access" for users outside USA/Canada

According to European data protection law every individual has the right to get a copy of all personal data a company holds about him (right to access). This law is in theory also applicable to Facebook: Every user with a residence outside of the US and Canada has a contract with “Facebook Ireland Limited”, based in Dublin, Ireland and has therefore a right to access. In practice, after Facebook was flooded with requests for data, it has created a limited "Download Tool". For more information, see http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Get_your_Data_/get_your_data_.html

Known Products / Projects of a Similar Nature

Here are projects or efforts that are currently known:

Noncommercial

• Unhosted is about having your web application data on your storage and this episode is about how to get your stream from Facebook (API).
• IndieWebCamp is a project which helps people to own their identity+content on the web and pioneers new protocols, practises and UX. POSSE and PESOS are directly relevant to Faceoff
• ArchiveFacebook Firefox plugin
• Facebook-to-Mediawiki prototype blog, summary, code

Commercial

• SocialSafe - "LOOK AFTER ALL YOUR YESTERDAYS: Create your very own, totally private, digital journal simply by backing up your social networks."
• SOS Online Backup appears to back up your account, but doesn't seem to allow downloading of said data, just restoring it back to facebook.

Relevant News

• Facebook blocks Google extension that pulls contacts. (July 5, 2011)