Comments on: New Privacy Charges Leveled At Facebook http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/21/419-new-privacy-charges-leveled-at-facebook/ The economics of digital content Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/21/419-new-privacy-charges-leveled-at-facebook/#comment-78678 Fri, 21 May 2010 20:45:00 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/05/21/419-new-privacy-charges-leveled-at-facebook/#comment-78678 An interesting perspective on Facebook’s shifting principles, and (oddly enough) the first I’ve read of its kind…

That said, “privacy advocates’ contention that the site needs to make changes” is not unfounded, AND you might be surprised by the large number of users that now consider themselves “privacy advocates.”

Need a second opinion? Check out this blog…http://bit.ly/dkDk5m

]]> By: K. Warman Kern http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/21/419-new-privacy-charges-leveled-at-facebook/#comment-78677 Fri, 21 May 2010 17:41:34 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/05/21/419-new-privacy-charges-leveled-at-facebook/#comment-78677 You say that the Facebook Privacy Policy says they do not share personally identifiable information with advertisers. But that doesn’t include ad networks which would presumably fall under this heading:

“Pre-Approved Third-Party Websites and Applications. In order to provide you with useful social experiences off of Facebook, we occasionally need to provide General Information about you to pre-approved third party websites and applications that use Platform at the time you visit them (if you are still logged in to Facebook). Similarly, when one of your friends visits a pre-approved website or application, it will receive General Information about you so you and your friend can be connected on that website as well (if you also have an account with that website). In these cases we require these websites and applications to go through an approval process, and to enter into separate agreements designed to protect your privacy. For example, these agreements include provisions relating to the access and deletion of your General Information, along with your ability to opt-out of the experience being offered. You can also remove any pre-approved website or application you have visited here, or block all pre-approved websites and applications from getting your General Information when you visit them here. In addition, if you log out of Facebook before visiting a pre-approved application or website, it will not be able to access your information. You can see a complete list of pre-approved websites on our About Platform page.”

By the way, the link is broken to the About Platform page to confirm the ad networks are on the pre-approved website list.

The bill proposed by Rep. Rick Boucher sanctions the above Facebook policy. http://www.boucher.house.gov/images/stories/Privacy_Draft_5-10.pdf

We are doing a quick survey to share with Rep. Boucher what you think should and shouldn’t be shared here: http://www.comradity.com/comradity/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-your-information.html

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