Facebook Reportedly Violates Canadian Privacy Law
Facebook is under fire because of its privacy settings, with Canadian officials criticizing the No. 1 social networking site, demanding changes to how the site operates for Canadian users.
The Canadian privacy commission believes the social networking site offers "confusing or incomplete information to subscribers." Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart agreed Facebook has made some changes, but said there are still major privacy gaps that must be fixed immediately.
Facebook has agreed to work with Canada to improve its privacy settings, mainly focusing on third parties that post content such as quizzes and games. Specifically, around 950,000 developers have too much access to personal details of many Facebook users. Canada also has a problem with information from deactivated accounts being kept on the site, with privacy experts requesting Facebook delete the profile if it's no longer in use.
