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Facebook Exchange Product Director Antonio Garcia-Martinez Leaves Company

David Cohen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:04:50 +0000

Facebook Exchange Product Director Antonio Garcia-Martinez announced in a post on his Facebook page that Tuesday was his last day at the company, and he said in an interview that he remained confident about the social network’s future.

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Should Facebook Home Be Allowed On Corporate Networks?

David Cohen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:15:16 +0000

Despite assurances by Facebook that its new Home overlay for Android devices does not pose any privacy or security risks, some experts in the field remained unconvinced when it comes to corporate networks.

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Facebook Answers Privacy Questions About Home

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:14:06 +0000

When Facebook announced Home, a heavily integrated mobile platform for Android phones, many people were worried that it represented just another invasion of privacy by the social network. While Facebook will become a bigger part of users’ mobile experiences, the company swears that Home does not take any more information than its native application or the desktop version of the site. Facebook’s Michael Richter (chief privacy officer) and Erin Egan (chief privacy officer of policy) attempted to address users’ concerns in a recent blog post.

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Facebook And Privacy Page Launches ‘Tip Of The Week’ Program

David Cohen — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:06:38 +0000

Facebook continues its efforts to educate its users about privacy on the social network, following up January’s announcement of its Ask Our CPO series, featuring Chief Privacy Officer of Policy Erin Egan, with an announcement on its Facebook and Privacy page Wednesday that it will launch a “Tip of the Week” program.

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Facebook Launches Ask Our CPO; Erin Egan Answers Users’ Privacy-Related Questions

David Cohen — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:07:42 +0000

Facebook users with questions for Chief Privacy Officer of Policy Erin Egan now have a forum for those questions, as the social network announced on its Facebook and Privacy page Sunday that it launched its Ask Our CPO series, in which Egan responds to users’ privacy-related queries.

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Facebook Responds To Data Use Policy Vote, Confirms Changes

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:49:17 +0000

Even though an overwhelming majority of voters wanted Facebook to keep its current data use policy and statement of rights and responsibilities, which would allow users to vote on changes, less than 1 percent of Facebook’s user base actually made their voices official — far short of the 30 percent needed to push the vote to favor the users. Facebook will instead implement a system where users can comment and discuss changes, with the company taking users’ sentiments into consideration.

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Facebook Asks Users To Comment On, But Not Vote For, Policy Changes

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:25:52 +0000

Facebook announced Wednesday that it is mulling changes to its data use policy and its statement of rights and responsibilities, asking users to chime in. The data use policy explains how the site collects and uses information from Facebook members, and the statement of rights and responsibilities explains the terms governing the use of Facebook’s services. Users have until 9 a.m. PT Nov. 28 to comment on these proposed changes, but they may not be able to vote on them.

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Can Facebook Balance Privacy With Profit?

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:53:38 +0000

Facebook’s most valuable property is also the thing it can’t afford to sell: personal information. As Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg spoke about advertising and revenue at the IAB MIXX event Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal went deeper into the internal struggle between the value of Facebook’s treasure trove of users’ information and its promise to protect it.

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FTC: Privacy Settlement With Facebook Finalized

David Cohen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:48 +0000

The privacy settlement between Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission, announced in late November of last year, is now finalized, as the period of public comment has expired.

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Facebook Apps Must Reveal What Information Is Collected, How It Is Shared

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:54:09 +0000

California Facebook users worried about privacy while using applications can breathe a sigh of relief. Based on an agreement struck today with California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, all apps in Facebook’s App Center are required to have a written privacy policy detailing what profile information is used and how it is shared.

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Facebook Users’ Data Can Now Be Used To Serve Ads Outside Facebook

David Cohen — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:42:30 +0000

Facebook broke in its brand-new Facebook Terms and Policies Hub with a revamped data use policy, as announced by Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan in a post on the Facebook and Privacy page.

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California Assembly Passes Bill To Protect Facebook Users’ Passwords

David Cohen — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:35:35 +0000

The fight to protect Facebook users’ passwords and other private information is taking place on both the national and state level, as the Assembly in California passed a bill Thursday that would deny employers from accessing anything designated as private by users of Facebook and other social networks.

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Facebook Privacy Chief: Never Surrender Your Password

David Cohen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:24:50 +0000

Facebook is mounting a strong resistance against the trend of employers and others forcing users of the social networks to surrender their passwords, and the company has found an ally in U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat.

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Facebook Settles Privacy Charges With FTC

Jennifer Moire — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:06:17 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Facebook has settled with the U.S. government agency on charges the social network failed to keep consumer information private.

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Facebook Continues To Expand Washington, D.C. Team

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:37:34 +0000

In yet another sign that Facebook intends to be a player in Washington, D.C., the company is welcoming a number of new hires to its office in the nation’s capital.

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