Will Facebook thumb its nose at Canada?
p2pnet news view Advertising | Politics:- Fa$ebook is no different from any other company which pulls its money from online advertising.
If it’s told to straighten up its act for any reason, it’ll endlessly delay and prevaricate, dragging things out to the absolute last moment before it complies, and even then, it’ll beg for more time. And it’ll get it.
Meanwhile, the problems behind the complaints which inspired the order in the first place continue.
Now, “the office of Canada’s privacy commissioner says Facebook has yet to address some of her concerns about what happens to profiles of users who die,” says CTV.
But that probably won’t surprise her.
Stoddardt gave Fa$ebook 30 days to respond to privacy concerns which came to light following complaints by the CIPPIC (Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic) after students probed company’s practices, with a particular focus on privacy issues as they relate to Canadian law.
He report included recommendations and she promised to, “review after 30 days the actions Facebook takes to comply with the recommendations”.
But the 30 days came and went with zero response from Facebook.
Now it’s, “been reminding members about a service that ‘memorializes’ profiles of deceased users at the request of friends and family members,” says CTV, going on:
“Various online reports suggested Facebook was changing how it dealt with the accounts of deceased users, but a spokeswoman for privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the site isn’t really doing anything new.”
Her investigation had expressed concerns about how the social networking site deals with the personal information of users, including those who die an, “Stoddart wants to ensure that users realize that their personal information could remain online, even after death,” says the story, adding:
“Facebook will take down an account if requested by a deceased user’s family or friends.
“Facebook has indicated it intends to update its privacy policy and will disclose what happens to a user’s information after they die, but has yet to do so.”
Commissioner spokeswoman Anne-Marie Hayden says Facebook was expected to post a new privacy policy within 10 weeks of the August report, which would mean it’s due within the next seven days, said the CBC two days ago.
Meanwhile, “FB has turned into a page full of spam and garabage,” says a poster on one of three new groups begging, Turn Facebook back to Normal.
At 1:00 am Pacific, one had 1,477,972 members, the second, 134,862 and the third, 1,592.
Fa$ebook “tinkered on Friday with its news feed feature,” says the Sydney Morning Herald, going on:
“The feature provides users a ‘feed’ containing updates of what their friends have been up to.
“Following the change, many users were confused to find the feed was no longer in chronological order.”
The story has Fa$ebook saying protesters “represent only an ‘extraordinarily low’ proportion of its total user base.”
No need to stay tuned.
CTV – Facebook hasn’t addressed dead users issue, October 28, 2009
came and went – Time runs out for Facebook in privacy probe, August 15, 2009
Sydney Morning Herald – Facebook brushes off user complaints about new changes, October 28, 2009
- Facebook tackles after-death policy, October 27, 2009
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