TG Daily warns Instagram is changing its privacy policy and terms of service. One of the biggest changes will go into effect in January, it will enable the picture service, which is owned by Facebook, to use your name and photos for virtually anything, including selling them to third parties for use in ads.
The changes give Instagram sweeping new powers to use your photos as it likes. In a blog post, it says the aim is to help get rid of spam and improve reliability. But the new terms themselves focus rather more on advertising.
"You hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use the Content that you post on or through the Service, except that you can control who can view certain of your Content and activities on the Service as described in the Service’s Privacy Policy," they read.
"To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you."
