The Electronic Frontier Foundation has written the following timeline on Facebook Privacy Policy. It is important that consumers understand that Facebook does not protect their privacy. The latest privacy (April 2010) policy change allows them to share your data with any commercial company they chose.
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
Commentary by Kurt Opsahl
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public, and this public information may be shared by Facebook with its partner websites and used to target ads.
To help illustrate Facebook's shift away from privacy, we have highlighted some excerpts from Facebook's privacy policies over the...
How Facebook took away your privacy
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
Commentary by Kurt Opsahl
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public, and this public information may be shared by Facebook with its partner websites and used to target ads.
To help illustrate Facebook's shift away from privacy, we have highlighted some excerpts from Facebook's privacy policies over the...
How Facebook took away your privacy