Monday, March 29, 2010

Facebook Proposes Changes in Privacy Policy to Share User Data with Other Sites

WashingtonPost: On Friday afternoon, Facebook announced a set of proposed changes to its privacy policy that could allow the popular social network to share more of its users' data with other sites without first getting their approval. ... The move builds on the Palo Alto, Calif., company's December revision of its privacy rules that made far more user information -- including individual status updates -- public by default. Under the new proposal, Facebook could then provide that data to "pre-approved third party websites and applications" unless a user opted out of that feature.

Read more at the Washington Post ...