In the Matter of Facebook: FTC Forces Privacy Fix

Facebook settled with the FTC today over its chameleon-like  privacy policy reports Gizmodo, putting the user into the driver’s seat for privacy settings. No more Big-Daddy-Knows-Best privacy changes.  FTC announced that given the long history of Facebook privacy changes and broken promises, it issued an order that Facebook be barred from making misrepresentations about the privacy of user’s personal information and users must opt-in to future privacy changes. Facebook must also prevent access of a user’s materials more than 30 days after his or her account is deleted, address privacy issues in new and existing products and services available on the site, and obtain regular third party audits of its privacy practices to ensure ongoing compliance with the FTC order.