As other readers have mentioned, your data is still owned by Facebook and subject to malicious intruders and the like. I just wanted to add that without any mal

As other readers have mentioned, your data is still owned by Facebook and subject to malicious intruders and the like. I just wanted to add that without any malicious intent, Facebook could intentionally or accidentally change your settings so certain information you had set to private is now public, without your consent and without any warning. Remember when Google exposed everyone's contacts through Google Buzz[1]? It's easy for someone to underestimate the difference between what you consider private data compared to what they do. [1] www.businessinsider.com/warning-google-buzz-has-a-huge-privacy-flaw-2010-2