Facebook to give users greater control of personal data after vote

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Source: Daily Telegraph

The website sparked fierce criticism in February when terms and conditions were changed and appeared to give the site ownership of personal data, including pictures, video and profile information - even after users deleted their accounts.

After consulting users, the social networking site held a week-long vote on whether to adopt a new set of terms and principles which state that people should own their own information and be able to remove it from the service.

Mark Zuckerberg said the site aimed to adopt a more "transparent and democratic approach".

More than 600,000 users took part in the vote, with 75 per cent opting for the revised documents.



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