Facebook settles FTC charges over 2009 privacy breaches - GoFuckYourself.com

Bladewire · 11-29-2011, 12:32 PM

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook has agreed to 20 years of privacy audits to settle a lengthy complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, which says Facebook misled its members about its use of their private data.

Facebook "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public," the FTC said in its complaint.

The complaint cites several examples of alleged false promises from Facebook, most of which took place several years ago. One example: In December 2009, Facebook changed its website so that some information that users had shared with a private group of friends was made public -- and users weren't warned about the change.

These events "were unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law," the FTC said.
"Facebook's innovation does not have to come at the expense of consumer privacy," FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a prepared statement. * FULL STORY *

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So that's it???

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you-big-dummy · 11-29-2011, 12:36 PM

Couldn't give 2 shits about Facebook.

Go head, sign up so Mark Zuckerberg can suck every ounce of your personal info and sell it to the highest bidder.

Bladewire · 11-29-2011, 04:29 PM

yeah odd

rowan · 11-29-2011, 06:34 PM

I just visited a pr0n site and noticed that it had a facebook plugin. Is there anything these fucks don't have their hands in? Time to block another facebook plugin URL to stop it phoning home when I visit something completely unrelated to FB...

11-29-2011, 12:32 PM	#1
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	Facebook settles FTC charges over 2009 privacy breaches NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook has agreed to 20 years of privacy audits to settle a lengthy complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, which says Facebook misled its members about its use of their private data. Facebook "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public," the FTC said in its complaint. The complaint cites several examples of alleged false promises from Facebook, most of which took place several years ago. One example: In December 2009, Facebook changed its website so that some information that users had shared with a private group of friends was made public -- and users weren't warned about the change. These events "were unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law," the FTC said. "Facebook's innovation does not have to come at the expense of consumer privacy," FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a prepared statement. * FULL STORY * --------------- So that's it??? . __________________ Skype: CallTomNow Last edited by Bladewire; 11-29-2011 at 12:33 PM..

11-29-2011, 04:29 PM	#3
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	yeah odd __________________ Skype: CallTomNow

11-29-2011, 12:36 PM	#2
you-big-dummy So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 320	Couldn't give 2 shits about Facebook. Go head, sign up so Mark Zuckerberg can suck every ounce of your personal info and sell it to the highest bidder.

11-29-2011, 06:34 PM	#4
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I just visited a pr0n site and noticed that it had a facebook plugin. Is there anything these fucks don't have their hands in? Time to block another facebook plugin URL to stop it phoning home when I visit something completely unrelated to FB...