WPF urges more consumer protection and redress in the Facebook FTC settlement
Facebook — In response to the FTC’s proposed settlement with Facebook over the company’s multiple privacy violations, the World Privacy Forum has asked the FTC to make key changes. “We applaud the FTC for its work on the Facebook case,” said executive director Pam Dixon. “We support many parts of the settlement. However, we urge the FTC to provide full redress for affected consumers by rolling back the privacy controls to the 2009 defaults, and we also urge the FTC to follow the 2004 Gateway Learning, Corp. precedent and require Facebook to disgorge profits they made from violating their privacy policy retroactively.” The comment period is open to the public until December 30.
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Download the comments on the Facebook settlement (PDF)
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Read the WPF comments on the Facebook settlement
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FTC Facebook settlement page
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Read all comments on the Facebook settlement (comments due Dec. 30, 2011.)