KateAre you concerned about your privacy on social networking sites? Take a look at EPIC’s site on just this topic here. You’ll learn a number of things. For instance, the Canadian Privacy Commissioner investigated Facebook’s privacy practices, issued some findings, and Facebook listened and issued a press release about some changes it will make here. Specifically, in that August 27, 2009 press release, Facebook says these will include:
“• Updating the Privacy Policy to better describe a number of practices, including the reasons for the collection of date of birth, account memorialization for deceased users, the distinction between account deactivation and deletion, and how its advertising programs work.
• Encouraging users to review their privacy settings to make sure the defaults and selections reflect the user’s preferences.
• Increasing the understanding and control a user has over the information accessed by third-party applications. Specifically, Facebook will introduce a new permissions model that will require applications to specify the categories of information they wish to access and obtain express consent from the user before any data is shared. In addition, the user will also have to specifically approve any access to their friends’ information, which would still be subject to the friend’s privacy and application settings.”
Go to the Settings tab, pick Privacy Settings, and pick what you want to be shared!
