Monday 24 May 2010

Facebook to unveil new privacy controls

Facebook will respond to privacy concerns with new, simpler settings, executive Mark Zuckerberg writes in a Washington Post column today.

He says: "The biggest message we have heard recently is that people want easier control over their information. Simply put, many of you thought our controls were too complex. Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted. We just missed the mark."

Zuckerberg says the controls will be introduced in the coming weeks, and there will be an easy way to turn off "all third-party services".

He also explains Facebook's principles –

You have control over how your information is shared.
We do not share your personal information with people or services you don't want.
We do not give advertisers access to your personal information.
We do not and never will sell any of your information to anyone.
We will always keep Facebook a free service for everyone.

1 comment:

  1. Facebook keep on changing their privacy settings... I hope that they consider facebook user's safety in whatever decisions that theyll do next about their facebook privacy settings... or at least make it private in default becuase user's personal information can be used or abused witheout the user's knowledge.

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