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Facebook busted for selling personal info.
blofelds_cat wrote:
FACEBOOK has made sweeping changes to its privacy policy after admitting it hands personal details of tens of millions of users to private firms. The social networking website routinely gives sensitive information, including ages, interests and personal messages, to almost a million companies worldwide without members' consent. The information is used to develop internet games and quizzes. But, following criticism of the system, all third parties wishing to use the information will now have to get consent from the users. Campaigners claimed the privacy of millions of users was being invaded. Facebook must also stop keeping members' personal information on file indefinitely. Until now the messages, photos and details of every user have been stored on a database, including those who shut down their profile. Canada's privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, said that breached Canadian law. Yesterday, she added: "These changes mean the privacy of 200 million Facebook users will be far better protected. Application developers have had virtually unrestricted access to users' personal information." - media report also.. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...56-661,00.html And? Douglas St James Macdonald did this when he first designed usenet then the internet |
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