O Facebook concordou em melhorar a política de privacidade para centenas de milhões de usuários após uma investigação de três meses por autoridades irlandesas no escritório internacional da empresa norte-americana em Dublin.
O escritório da Irlanda é responsável por gerenciar todos os usuários do site fora dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá.
O comissário de proteção a dados da Irlanda afirmou nesta quarta-feira que o Facebook concordou em melhorar a proteção da privacidade de seus usuários dentro dos próximos seis meses, antes de uma nova análise formal em julho do ano que vem.
"Esse foi um compromisso desafiador tanto para o meu escritório quanto para o Facebook Irlanda", disse o comissário Billy Hawkes em comunicado.
"Após a auditoria, o FB-I (Facebook Ireland) concordou em fazer amplos avanços de 'melhores práticas' a serem implementados dentro dos próximos seis meses".
As mudanças incluem fornecer informações a usuários sobre como o Facebook e aplicativos de terceiros lidam com informações pessoais, deletar alguns detalhes mais prontamente e dar a usuários europeus um alerta claro de que usa tecnologia de reconhecimento facial que os marca automaticamente em fotografias.
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Facebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found that its privacy policies were overly complex and lacked transparency.
The probe by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) at the U.S. group's international headquarters in Dublin said users were at risk of unknowingly publicizing personal details.
For example, users might not be aware that uploading their photos made them publicly searchable until they change the setting on their Facebook page.
Facebook's Ireland office handles all of its users outside of the United States and Canada. The group operates the world's largest social networking website with 800 million users, the majority of them outside of North America.
"This was a challenging engagement both for my office and for Facebook Ireland," Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes said in a statement. "Arising from the audit, FB-I (Facebook Ireland) has agreed to a wide range of 'best practice' improvements to be implemented over the next six months."
The improvements include giving users more information about how Facebook and third party apps handle their personal information, deleting certain details more promptly and giving users a clear warning that it uses facial-recognition technology that automatically tags them in photographs.
Another formal review will take place in July.
Facebook said making the changes would require intense work.
"The DPC's review of our existing operations highlighted several opportunities to strengthen our existing practices," said Richard Allan, the director of public policy at Facebook EMEA.
Last month, Facebook's founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the group had made "a bunch of mistakes" in how it handled personal data. It reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in November over a privacy complaint.
Irish officials had received 22 complaints about Facebook from privacy campaign group Europe V Facebook and three from the Norwegian Consumer Council.
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Facebook to boost privacy after Irish probe
Facebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found that its privacy policies were overly complex and lacked transparency.
The probe by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) at the U.S. group's international headquarters in Dublin said users were at risk of unknowingly publicizing personal details.
For example, users might not be aware that uploading their photos made them publicly searchable until they change the setting on their Facebook page.
Facebook's Ireland office handles all of its users outside of the United States and Canada. The group operates the world's largest social networking website with 800 million users, the majority of them outside of North America.
"This was a challenging engagement both for my office and for Facebook Ireland," Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes said in a statement. "Arising from the audit, FB-I (Facebook Ireland) has agreed to a wide range of 'best practice' improvements to be implemented over the next six months."
The improvements include giving users more information about how Facebook and third party apps handle their personal information, deleting certain details more promptly and giving users a clear warning that it uses facial-recognition technology that automatically tags them in photographs.
Another formal review will take place in July.
Facebook said making the changes would require intense work.
"The DPC's review of our existing operations highlighted several opportunities to strengthen our existing practices," said Richard Allan, the director of public policy at Facebook EMEA.
Last month, Facebook's founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the group had made "a bunch of mistakes" in how it handled personal data. It reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in November over a privacy complaint.
Irish officials had received 22 complaints about Facebook from privacy campaign group Europe V Facebook and three from the Norwegian Consumer Council.
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