Facebook’s Privacy Policies to be Probed by Canada
January 29th, 2010 by adminCanada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has begun a second investigation into Facebooks privacy policies. The second investigation has been instigated due to the number of complaints from users regarding the privacy settings on the site. Many of Facebook’s users have demanded that the privacy settings that were introduced in late 2009 are put back to their original format as users must now independently manage who sees their personal information and data. User’s personal information is currently available to the entire online community if Facebooks default privacy settings are not adjusted by the individual user.
Many Facebook users are disappointed in the social networking site as there has been increased hype in the media in recent months on the importance of online privacy. Many of the social networking sites users feel uncomfortable using this online services as Facebooks lack of privacy controls has undermined the security of its users personal information and data.
After Stoddart undertook her first investigation into the privacy settings of the social networking site, she concluded that many users feel the changes Facebook has made to its privacy policies has rendered personal information and data even more exposed than it had been previously.
In the US Facebook is currently facing action from the Electronic Privacy Information Centre as it has filed a complaint against the privacy settings on the site to the Federal Trade Commission.
