Rumor: Facebook to switch from opt-out to opt-in, better protect personal data
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook might just be close to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that would fundamentally change the way they treat their users, and their users' personal information.
According to people familiar with the talks, the settlement would require Facebook to obtain users' consent before making "material retroactive changes" to its privacy policies. That means that Facebook must get consent to share data in a way that is different from how the user originally agreed the data could be used.
Facebook, which makes one of the most popular apps for iPhone and iPad, has been charged with misleading users about how private information was being handled -- making it public by default. Under this settlement, Facebook would switch from opt-out to opt-in, letting users decide what they want to share before sharing it, and be subject to audits for 20 years to ensure compliance (much as Google has recently agreed to, and Twitter to a lesser period).
Source: Wall Street Journal
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Bout fn time ! Suck it Zuch!
Finally!!!!!
What's that new profile style?
I dislike Facebook...Will never join. What did people do before FB...I bet they still lived and had fun too.
I dislike Facebook...Will never join. What did people do before FB...I bet they still lived and had fun too.
Well there was MySpace and before that people used Messenger (AIM, Yahoo, etc) and before that I actually had to pick up the phone to make a call... Thank god those days are over :p
Don't forget about Friendster and Tribe.net before Myspace. And before that, IRC was big for a while, and before that, Newsgroups and BBS.
There has always been some sort of popular Social Network… ever since computers could talk to another computer. Some of them are still around and going strong.
Don't forget about Friendster and Tribe.net before Myspace. And before that, IRC was big for a while, and before that, Newsgroups and BBS.
There has always been some sort of popular Social Network… ever since computers could talk to another computer. Some of them are still around and going strong.