Facebook warned it's not in compliance

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Source: Globe and Mail

Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner warned that Facebook is not complying with federal privacy laws despite major fixes unveiled Wednesday that give users more control over how their data is shared on the sprawling social media network.

“They have dialed it back a bit in terms of openness, but we don’t think they have gone far enough ... we don’t think users are comfortable,” said Elizabeth Denham, Assistant Commissioner. Ms. Denham oversaw an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices that led to a ground breaking settlement with the Palo Alta, Calif.-based company last year.

Under terms of the settlement, Facebook agreed to comply with Canada’s privacy laws by giving Canadian users full control over how their data is shared and used by outside companies. The social media giant fine-tuned its privacy settings last year in response to the Canadian probe and the regulator gave the social media giant until August to introduce other protections.

Hours after Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg introduced a number of simplifications to make it easier for its 500 million users to shield personal information, Ms. Denham cited concerns in an interview.


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