Monday, February 7, 2011

Facebook Must Explain Privacy Practices to Congress

Analysis: Congressmembers say they want answers regarding Facebook’s data disclosure.

Facebook's plan to give developers access to users' addresses and phone numbers has not gone over so well with many, and now the heads of the House of Representatives' Privacy Caucus want answers. The feature only lasted three days as the social networking site decided to suspend it pending a better (and less controversial) option.