Thursday, November 19, 2009

Facebook new privacy policy

After a democratic process and study comments, Facebook has decided to adopt the new version of its privacy policy with the stated goal of making it more accessible and easy to understand.

If the comments were positive and many, Facebook concedes that the threshold of 7 000 was not reached. In this case, a vote was necessary. Facebook seems to have trouble collecting its user community around these issues, but we know she is quick to react when she feels there is a catch.

We recall that a transient change in the conditions of use had caused an outcry, leaving some doubt about a possible takeover of Facebook on the profile data of over 300 million members and their photos. Since that episode occurred early in the year that Facebook has decided to play the card of transparency by soliciting the opinion of its members before making such changes.

The revised privacy policy will be published shortly in several languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian and French. Facebook also plans to establish a glossary of important terms mentioned, and publish video information.

Recently, the Canadian authorities guaranteeing respect for privacy have pointed the finger for Facebook including lack of clarity concerning the deletion of an account. The privacy policy has been subject to comments, said that as part of a termination or deletion of information from a profile:

"Copies of your information may remain visible as they were shared with other users, distributed in accordance with your privacy settings or copied or recorded by other users. However, your name will no longer associated with that information on Facebook. In addition, we may retain certain information to prevent identity theft or other misconduct even if a cancellation has been requested. "

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