After Canadian Prodding, Facebook To Change Privacy Policy

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, 2009 @06:11AM from the but-it-was-a-polite-prodding dept.

Retardical_Sam writes "Facebook has agreed to make changes to protect users' personal information on the social networking site, including the way data is accessed by third-party developers, Canada's privacy commissioner said Thursday. Canadian officials have been negotiating with Facebook since the Office of the Privacy Commissioner released a report a month ago that argued the social network breaches Canadian privacy law. Facebook agreed to make changes dealing with third-party applications like quizzes and games, deactivation of accounts, the personal identification of non-users and accounts of users who die."

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Re:Will they make the changes globally? by Garbad+Ropedink · 2009-08-27 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

What a radical idea. It'd have to come from a crazy place like Canada. 'Privacy'... What an odd concept. What's next? Universal healthcare?

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