Facebook warned it's not in compliance

Source: Globe and Mail

Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner warned that Facebook is not complying with federal privacy laws despite major fixes unveiled Wednesday that give users more control over how their data is shared on the sprawling social media network.

“They have dialed it back a bit in terms of openness, but we don’t think they have gone far enough ... we don’t think users are comfortable,” said Elizabeth Denham, Assistant Commissioner. Ms. Denham oversaw an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices that led to a ground breaking settlement with the Palo Alta, Calif.-based company last year.

Under terms of the settlement, Facebook agreed to comply with Canada’s privacy laws by giving Canadian users full control over how their data is shared and used by outside companies. The social media giant fine-tuned its privacy settings last year in response to the Canadian probe and the regulator gave the social media giant until August to introduce other protections.

Hours after Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg introduced a number of simplifications to make it easier for its 500 million users to shield personal information, Ms. Denham cited concerns in an interview.


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Facebook became what they are, and have as many users precisely because it's designed for everyone to share by default. If you're a chicken, then stay away. Everyone learns to lock down their profile eventually.

It's not a secret to anyone that data on the internet gets shared... I bought something at B&H photo a couple weeks ago, and everywhere I go now there's an add for B&H photo - for the same shit that I just bought. Stupid, yes. Annoying kinda. It's what I get for spending WAAAYYY too many hours each week on the internet.

It's 2010. We've been online for a decade now, and we all know the rules...

Surfer beware.

If folks scribble their phone numbers down on the wall, they shouldn't be surprised when they start getting a huge increase in crank calls.

Nobody is forcing Canadians to insert personal information into Facebook. Email is just as effective in keeping in touch with loved ones.

I assume will be displayed on Madison Square. It is the only safe way to think.

Lonely? What some visitors? Make some threat about the president in notepad and save it to MyDocuments. There will be a knock in the door. 1984 was a long time ago