Is Facebook getting too personal? That's what a Commissioner in Canada has concluded. After a 13-month investigation, Canada's Privacy Commissioner announced recently that Facebook's policies and practices violate the country's privacy laws. Issues of concern included default privacy settings, the collection and use of users' personal information for advertising purposes, disclosure of users' personal information to third-party application developers, and the collection and use of non-users' personal information. For the Commisioner it all comes down to two concepts – knowledge and consent. Something for all Facebook users to think about.
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July 20, 2009
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It definitely pays to read the small print....
Posted by: Diane Kendall | August 03, 2009 at 03:33 PM
Wow, I suspected but that sounds comprehensive
Posted by: Cory S. | July 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM