Canadian Group Files Facebook Privacy Complaint

bergkamp writes "A Canadian public policy group filed a complaint charging Facebook with 22 separate violations of a Canadian personal information protection law. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, based at the University of Ottawa, asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate what it describes as Facebook's failure to inform members (PDF) how their personal information is disclosed to third parties for advertising and other commercial purposes. The complaint also alleges that Facebook has failed to obtain permission from members for disclosure of their personal information. The claim is that that Facebook violates the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act, which Philippa Lawson, the clinic's director, said is much stricter than US personal information protection laws."

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Re:That's nice, and all

[griefers]

It surprisingly does, though the networks aren't that big due to the burden of getting electricity and internet in our igloos.

Re:That's nice, and all

[mrbluze]

While that may be the real issue here, and worthy of prolonged discussion, Lou Dobbs jokes are infinitely easier. ;-) Tell that to.. uhm.. some other guy uhm.. ok ok you win!

Of course profit trumps privacy...

[Bullfish]

and why should Facebook tell you what they are doing? That would give away a competitive edge.

Stupid Canadians are so un-American.

Re:That's nice, and all

[ericspinder]

it's not like you can throw rubbish over the neighbour's fence and get away with it so easily on the Internet. Have you ever seen Usenet?