The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110875   Message #2790925
Posted By: katlaughing
17-Dec-09 - 10:37 PM
Thread Name: Be careful with Facebook. See report.
Subject: RE: Be careful with Facebook. See report.
Thought this might be on interest:

From Boston.com

The Electronic Privacy Information Center said yesterday that it has asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into the changes and to force Facebook to restore its old privacy safeguards.

The changes, unveiled last week, include treating users' names, profile photo, friends list, gender, and other data as public information.

The complaint says the changes diminish user privacy by disclosing personal information that was previously restricted.

Joining EPIC in its complaint are the American Library Association, the Consumer Federation of America, and the Center for Digital Democracy.