my picture from my facebook profile was taken and is being used to advertise speeddate.com...what should i do?

[Major Eyeswater]

From their site:

"..you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account (except to the extent your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it). "

http://www.facebook.com/terms.php

Always read the fine print and don't automatically click "I Agree."

[Jangly Mark]

Facebook are now allowing it's advertisers to use your profile photo.
You have to opt out of it. Here's how :

Click on 'settings'.
Then, under privacy, click on 'mamage'.
Then, click on 'applications'
Then click on 'settings'
Scroll down.
Check the following boxes :

Don't allow friends to view my memberships on other websites through Facebook Connect.
Don't allow Beacon websites to post stories to my profile.


While this will remove most of your pictures showing up in ads, it doesn't quite remove them all.

Your activity on Facebook - often totally inocuous activity can be taken as permission to use your photo.

If you are in the UK, you can complain to the Advertising Standards Authority.
Your picture was used, without your explicit consent, and also without your knowledge.

I think this is reason enough for a complaint.
Please also encourage others to do the same.
If enough people complain, maybe something will get done.

You can complain here: http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/how_to_complai...ints_form/

One other thought occurs - you could use a photo editing program and add text to your photo, something along the lines of 'I do not support this product'.