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Privacy Complaint Filed Against Facebook
A Canadian university law clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, alleging that the social-networking site's policies include 22 separate violations of a Canadian privacy law.
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service (Washington Bureau)
"If you and I are friends, and you are using one of these applications ... the third-party developer will, by default, have access to my personal information," Finkelstein said.
Finkelstein called Facebook a "great tool," but he said he hopes the privacy complaint will prompt the company to make changes to its privacy policies."They've got a lot of work to do," he said. "I'd like to see them understand that they can't remain silent on this issue."
Among CIPPIC's complaints are that Facebook fails to obtain express consent to share users' sensitive information, and also does not allow users to deactivate their accounts to easily withdraw consent to share information. Facebook doesn't limit the collection of personal information to that necessary for the site's purposes, and has failed to safeguard users' personal information from unauthorized access, the complaint said.
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