Absolutely not. All of your regular Facebook privacy settings apply on the platform and Facebook will never give 3rd parties special access to your information.

If you want to check out some of the cool applications available on the Facebook Platform please go to the Product Directory. Here you will see a list of available applications, like the Facebook Toolbar for Firefox that provides immediate updates on your Facebook friends, messages and pokes. All available applications can be found on this page.

If you have a question about one of the applications available via the Facebook Platform, we strongly recommend that you contact the maker's of the application (i.e. What does this product do? How do I use this product? etc). If your question is about Facebook Platform in general, you can contact us directly by using the form at the bottom of the page.

You can get started with the Facebook Platform by going to the main developer page.

Check out the API Documentation for supported functions and examples. Sign up for an API Key.

You can use the API for commercial and non-commercial applications, deployed on a web site or as a desktop application, as long as you meet our Terms of Service.

Yes, you can use the API on password protected sites as long as you abide by the Facebook API Partner Terms of Service.

The Facebook API can be used to create or enhance both web and desktop applications.

All communication with the Facebook API assumes a UTF-8 encoding.

The API key uniquely identifies your application and is sent on every request made to the Facebook API server. This includes the initial user redirect to the Facebook login page, and subsequent requests to obtain Facebook information related to that user. This is essentially the developer application's unchanging public key. For more information about using such credentials, see API Authentication.