Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Germany forced to limit his Facebook "friend finder"

Under pressure from privacy watchdog the Land of Hamburg, Facebook has agreed to reduce the functionality of "friend finder" that uses including access to the email address book of its users. The head of the Hamburg equivalent of the CNIL, Johannes Caspar, has announced that Facebook had agreed a deal.

The social network is committed to inform its members that he had access to their email contacts, and to offer them an option to prohibit their use. The tool "search for friends" Facebook's important data related to e-mail account used at registration, and important information, without notifying the user.


If the user activates the German ban, Facebook will store their email address in encrypted form. Authorities to protect the privacy of Hamburg had AutoInput after they received complaints from users who were invited to join an acquaintance on Facebook without having requested. The authorities of the German privacy are among the most advanced in the world on issues of private data.

Germany is the only country where Google had to offer people blur their homes on Google Street View even before the launch of the service.



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