Facebook, which just recently reached 500 million members, has become a daily ritual for many of us. We give the site information about ourselves, about our likes and dislikes, and about the people we choose as friends. Over time, all of that data collects on Facebook's servers. But Facebook, in many people's view, has played fast and loose with our data, marking much of it as "public" and giving its app-developer and advertising partners access to some of it. Facebook, which just recently reached 500 million members, has become a daily ritual for many of us. We give the site information about ourselves, about our likes and dislikes, and about the people we choose as friends. Over time, all of that data collects on Facebook’s servers. But Facebook, in many people’s view, has played fast and loose with our data, marking much of it as “public” and giving its app-developer and advertising partners access to some of it.Facebook users surveyed for the 2010 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) gave the site a score of just 64 on a user-satisfaction scale of 0 to 100; many of the respondents cited privacy and advertising as key concerns. Yet many people in the online-advertising business believe that such privacy concerns are overplayed, and are largely the creation of overzealous privacy groups and their friends in the media.Who is right? Please take our three-question survey and tell us your opinions on social networking privacy. We’ll share the results of the poll in a future story.Check out CIO.com’s Facebook page Related content news analysis Companies are already feeling the pressure from upcoming US SEC cyber rules New Securities and Exchange Commission cyber incident reporting rules don't kick in until December, but experts say they highlight the need for greater collaboration between CISOs and the C-suite By Cynthia Brumfield Sep 28, 2023 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Financial Services Industry news UK data regulator warns that data breaches put abuse victims’ lives at risk The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded seven organizations in the past 14 months for data breaches affecting victims of domestic abuse. By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Electronic Health Records Data Breach Government news EchoMark releases watermarking solution to secure private communications, detect insider threats Enterprise-grade software embeds AI-driven, forensic watermarking in emails and documents to pinpoint potential insider risks By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 4 mins Communications Security Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Software news SpecterOps to use in-house approximation to test for global attack variations The new offering uses atomic tests and in-house approximation in purple team assessment to test all known techniques of an attack. By Shweta Sharma Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Penetration Testing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe