Your privacy is safe for now

February

Due to a ton of complaints, Facebook has backed off on its proposal to permanently house all data on a user, even after said user deletes their Facebook account.

Mark Zuckerberg released the following statement today on the Facebook blog:

“A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some parts for our users. Over the past couple of days, we received a lot of questions and comments about the changes and what they mean for people and their information. Based on this feedback, we have decided to return to our previous terms of use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.”

I am curious to see how this plays out. If your privacy is a major concern, you may want to consider deleting your current account and sign back up when the terms of service are finalized.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 5:35 pm by Larry Vollmer. | Email This Post

One Response to “Your privacy is safe for now”

monique February 21st, 2009 at 7:33 am
I have delete my account in facebook, too easy to find or see other privacy….

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