article_snippet.sent: A Facebook spokesman told MailOnline:
article_snippet.sent: Here, they can see short updates such as 'making blueberry scones at home' and 'watching the game at home' (right) Facebook has started collecting information about the other websites users visit, the links Facebook click on and Facebook searches.
article_snippet.sent: The social media site already harvests details people share on people profiles, including where people went to school, people interests and where people live.
article_snippet.sent: But under a new privacy policy – to which anyone who has signed into Facebook since February has been opted in automatically –
article_snippet.sent: it can track activity outside the website, including online searches and some of the details users share with retailers.
article_snippet.sent: A Facebook spokesman said: ‘It takes into account pages and places visited on Facebook, alongside browsing on the internet.
article_snippet.sent: A Facebook spokesman added that the changes help Facebookto better serve more relevant advertising to you.'
article_snippet.sent: The social media site uses cookies – small files which The social media site places on your web browser or device – to collect information which can then be transmitted back to Facebook.
article_snippet.sent: The new terms were introduced as part of a wider update to Facebook's privacy policy, which - the social network claimed - was designed to make the rules easier to understand.