As social networking website Facebook updated its Terms of Service, or TOS, on February 4, many people reacted against some of the new terms. Users got quite angry to see that the new version of the document states that Facebook has the right to anything with the user’s data, once the user closes his account on the website.

This thing made many analysts to wonder whether these kind of services should have the right to use such information, as any message posted remains on Facebook’s servers, as long as in the recipient’s inbox.

In addition, to make the things even worse, Facebook clearly states that it has an “irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, worldwide license” to publish, use or do advertising campaigns with the content on the posted messages and photos. The terms of use also states that any of these things can happen without any compensation or acknowledgement to the user.

However, the situation was almost intolerable for some users, as Facebook changed the Terms of Service without noticing users. Furthermore, Facebook stated that it doesn’t even have the obligation to tell users about any changes of the content of the TOS document. On its website, the company only stated that the users have to agree with the TOS as long as they use the service.

As soon as Facebook realized the mayhem that it has created through the new terms of use, the company CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, quickly came up and assured users that Facebook will not use people’s personal data in any offensive way.

He added that the reason of the new TOS is Facebook’s need of users’ approval in order to keep copies of personal messages in the receivers’ inboxes. Nevertheless, for some people, promises do not seem to be enough.