老澳门开奖结果

Today, Facebook agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it deceived customers by failing to uphold privacy promises. The FTC announced today that the social networking site 鈥渄eceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The proposed requires to take several steps to make sure it lives up to its promises in the future, including giving consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining consumers' express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established.鈥�

is an important step, making it clear that companies can't simply change the rules without asking users鈥� permission. We shouldn鈥檛 have to struggle with complicated and constantly shifting privacy settings just to keep control of our own personal information. To keep pace with new technology, we also need new laws and tools like 鈥淒o Not Track鈥� and comprehensive privacy legislation to help us safeguard our own personal information.

Facebook has a long history of innovation 鈥� but that history includes repeated attempts to rewrite its privacy policies and allow more data to be shared by default or without notice. We鈥檝e spent a lot of time raising awareness of the 鈥渁pp gap鈥� (including ) and how Facebook shares information with , so we were glad to see that explicitly called out in the FTC鈥檚 . But other examples abound, from Facebook鈥檚 that automatically shared user鈥檚 purchases on other Web sites with their Facebook friends to its proposed that would have allowed it to retain photos and other content even after a user deleted them to its Facebook users have repeatedly been surprised to learn that their information was being shared with other Facebook users, partners, third party app developers, advertisers, and even anyone on the Internet in ways they didn鈥檛 expect.

As hard as it is for users to understand one set of privacy controls on Facebook, it鈥檚 even harder when those controls keep changing. That鈥檚 why we鈥檙e happy that the FTC has stepped in and put an end to Facebook鈥檚 practice of 鈥渂egging forgiveness rather than asking permission鈥� when it comes to your personal information. Today鈥檚 requires Facebook to obtain a user鈥檚 express consent before sharing any information that would not have been shared under the user鈥檚 prior privacy settings. That鈥檚 definitely a step in the right direction.

We also need more tools from Facebook like its that help users understand and control how their personal information is being shared. And we need to keep working on updating laws like the antiquated and passing comprehensive privacy legislation to make it possible for all of us to properly safeguard our personal information.

Learn more about dotRights: Sign up for breaking news alerts, , and .