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Thursday, 10 December 2009

New privacy rules from Facebook



Announced social networking site "Facebook" on privacy rules and a new, more streamlined enables users to choose friends who are watching their content on the site, their launch is expected during the next few weeks.
And decided to "Facebook" to provide a page explaining to users of the new privacy options, and provide specific recommendations based on the level of privacy selected by the user, which will be able to change constantly.
Site also decided to remove all local networks altogether, and replace them with simple models to facilitate the control and within the rules of privacy, because the number of these networks is made up of millions of users, causing them to make it useless by the Privacy Policy.
The site's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, the models simplified to facilitate the user control who can see its contents, whether they are friends or friends of friends or all users, "The requested us to add something many users, the ability to control those who are keen on each piece Single of the content that users invent or raising them on the site. "
And local networks are currently deployed in different countries next to corporate networks, schools, trademarks and football teams and so on.
Zuckerberg explained that the number of users, "Facebook" has now exceeded 350 million users, having joined the 50 million people during the last two and a half months.
The "Facebook" announced last July privacy settings mentioned earlier, saying it would put in the near future and would allow users to control the viewing of their own pages on the site.
The site that the changes will enable users to choose friends and not others, to see all Mrslathm new pages.
Site did not allow the use of such Aaltadelat only to a limited group of users, but noted that it would soon be available to all.
In describing the new amendments, "said Chris Kelly, chief protection of personal data on the site," You will be able to put out what you write for all, while preventing the vision of other people, whether they are friend or family member; so you will have the decision-making at a time in which you write on the your page, and soon everyone will be able to do so "
And will be made available to users to send things to the two or three people on their own pages, and will benefit from the classification of friends to the "groups" _ If you have so _ more useful.
And talk about privacy with respect to "Facebook" has become thorny issues, offering "Canadian Center for Internet policy and the public interest" in the past few months, an official complaint to the Office of Privacy in Canada, accusing the site that collects sensitive information about users and distributed without permission of the owners which is a violation of privacy.
He is also accused the web site as not to alert the users how to use this information, and correctly removes the information available for people after the closure of the accounts of their respective owners.
A study conducted by the Center to the social networking site "Facebook" is a clear breach of personal privacy, as the Center has developed a list of twenty-two breach of the Privacy Act in Canada.
The Director of the Center "Philippa Lawson," that's "Facebook" seven million users in Canada and therefore must be ready for accountability, and added: "The location is the most popular social networking sites in Canada, and is preferred among adolescents who may not appreciate the risks involved in the development of their personal information on the Internet. "
For its part, refused to "Facebook" the accusations and said that the site puts controls that govern the personal information, which is why it accounts for 40% of the users of social media sites.

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