https://finance.yahoo.com/news/take-data-back-facebook-delete-account-205233537.html > Here’s how to control your data on Facebook, and, if you’re particularly fed up, how to delete your account entirely." data-reactid="25">Here’s how to control your data on Facebook, and, if you’re particularly fed up, how to delete your account entirely. > Facebook lays out exactly what data it collects to craft a profile about you that can be used to target you with specific ads on its Data Use Policy site. And, as you might expect, it collects everything. Any post, like, comment, picture, video, friend you’ve added, news article or inside joke you’ve put on Facebook can be used as a means to serve you advertisements." data-reactid="27">Facebook lays out exactly what data it collects to craft a profile about you that can be used to target you with specific ads on its Data Use Policy site. And, as you might expect, it collects everything. Any post, like, comment, picture, video, friend you’ve added, news article or inside joke you’ve put on Facebook can be used as a means to serve you advertisements.