Facebook has agreed to improve privacy protections in Europe over the next six months, after a three-month audit by Ireland’s data protection agency found the social network lacking in some areas. Users will be given more information about how Facebook and third-party app providers handle their information, the company promised. It also agreed to scale back the amount of data that is collected when users are not on the network. Finally, it will ask users whether they want to participate in the facial recognition photo-tagging system it is implementing.
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Why Facebook's Finally Getting Religion on the Privacy Issue
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 22, 2011 08:40 AMFacebook has agreed to improve privacy protections in Europe over the next six months, after a three-month audit by Ireland’s data protection agency found the social network lacking in some areas. Users will be given more information about how Facebook and third-party app providers handle their information, the company promised. It also agreed to scale back the amount of data that is collected when users are not on the network. Finally, it will ask users whether they want to participate in the facial recognition photo-tagging system it is implementing.