SAN JOSE, Calif -- SAN JOSE, Calif. - Facebook is rewriting its privacy policy in plain-spoken English, and preparing new tools to show users how their personal data is used.
"We're really an innovative, cutting-edge company on a lot of different fronts, and I think we feel like, 'Why can't we be innovators in privacy as well?' " Michael Richter, Facebook's chief privacy counsel, said in an interview this week. "The company cares about privacy."
Nevertheless, some critics say Facebook is still not telling consumers enough about what it knows about them, and about how the social network and its business partners use that information. The Federal Trade Commission and some members of Congress are prodding the Palo Alto, Calif., social network about privacy practices like the company's recent decision to let third-party developers access the telephone numbers of users who allow it.
Facebook's intent to simplify its privacy disclosures, and to create interactive software tools to allow users to see how Facebook and application developers access their data, has drawn ... Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/09/3461175/facebook-develops-new-privacy.html#ixzz1G7xUnvGk