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"Facebook's privacy settings have faced scrutiny from users for years, and the world's largest social network has often reassured them that their personal information would remain private. \nBut on Tuesday, Facebook agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission, which said that reassurances regarding privacy tweaks in 2009 were \"unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law.\" \nAs the FTC announced the proposed settlement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a statement in which he promised to work hard to remedy any wrongdoings. \"I'm the first to admit that we've made a bunch of mistakes,\" he wrote. \"We can also always do better. I'm committed to making Facebook the leader in transparency and control around privacy.\"\nDo you believe Zuck? Is Facebook doing enough, or is the FTC settlement only the beginning? Take our poll and let us know. \nBelow the poll, you'll find a list detailing what FTC wants Facebook to do and another list explaining Facebook's next steps. Both lists should help you make an informed decision when casting your vote. \n\nIs Facebook Doing Enough to Protect Your Privacy? [POLL]\n\n\nWhat the FTC Wants Facebook to Do Now\nAccording to FTC's statement, Facebook is:\n\nbarred from making misrepresentations about the privacy or security of consumers' personal information;\nrequired to obtain consumers' affirmative express consent before enacting changes that override their privacy preferences;\nrequired to prevent anyone from accessing a user's material no more than 30 days after the user has deleted his or her account;\nrequired to establish and maintain a comprehensive privacy program designed to address privacy risks associated with the development and management of new and existing products and services, and to protect the privacy and confidentiality of consumers' information; and\nrequired, within 180 days, and every two years after that for the next 20 years, to obtain independent, third-party audits certifying that it has a privacy program in place that meets or exceeds the requirements of the FTC order, and to ensure that the privacy of consumers' information is protected.\n\nHow Facebook Will Handle the Situation\nZuckerberg says Facebook has proactively addressed many of FTC's concerns prior to Tuesday's announcement, and that the settlement provides a framework for how Facebook and other companies should approach privacy. \nFacebook plans to continue making product changes to meet FTC's requirements. Zuckerberg says Facebook also will:\n\nimprove and formalize the way we do privacy review as part of our ongoing product development process. As part of this, we will establish a biannual independent audit of our privacy practices to ensure we're living up to the commitments we make;\ncreate two new corporate officer roles to make sure our commitments will be reflected in what we do internally \u2014 in the development of our products and the security of our systems \u2014 and externally \u2014 in the way we work collaboratively with regulators, government agencies and privacy groups from around the world;\nserve you as best we can and work every day to provide you with the best tools for you to share with each other and the world. We will continue to improve the service, build new ways for you to share and offer new ways to protect you and your information better than any other company in the world.\n\nIn August, Facebook unveiled a privacy overhaul, which involved changes to profiles, status updates, locations and tags (see gallery below for details).\n\n\nFacebook's New Privacy Features\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrivacy Controls: Profile Editing\nYou can edit the visibility of individual parts of your profiles right from the profile editing page. In the past, this had to be done from the Privacy Settings page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTag Approvals\nFacebook has implemented tag approvals. You now need to approve location or photo tags before they appear on your Facebook profile. This feature can be turned off.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Tag Approvals\nYou can accept or reject photo tags right from the photo page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView Profile As\nThe \"View Profile As\" feature, which lets you see your Facebook Profile page as one of your friends, is now prominently placed on your profile page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreater Control of Status Updates\nFacebook has made it easier to understand who sees your published content. Icons indicate whether a status update will be public, appear only to friends or has been customized for a friend group or list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding Locations to Status Updates\nPlaces has been integrated into Facebook's Publisher Bar. The result is that location is more prominent in Facebook. The mobile apps will now have a \"Nearby\" icon that replaces the old \"Places\" icon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Control Over Photo Privacy\nWhen untagging yourself from a photo, you will also be given the option to request the photo be taken down or block that person entirely.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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