Facebook May be Getting Serious About Privacy

Facebook was roundly criticized by Canada's privacy commissioner in the last few years, and made some changes in its privacy functionality as a result. What they don't seem to get is that most western countries apply similar principles on privacy, and changes need to be made worldwide to accommodate those countries as well, along with the nuanced differences.

Recently, privacy authorities in the US and Ireland have also found Facebook to be lacking in the privacy area, forcing the social network to make some more changes. There is word that they are now beginning to realize that they need to conform to the privacy legislation in the different countries in which they operate, which means most countries in the world.

The Irish feedback came after an extensive audit. Also, Ireland is a headquarters site for Facebook International, meaning changes made their will set the tone for other countries. It's been a long struggle with Facebook and its privacy, but an issue that looms to greater importance with its plans to go public with an IPO.

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