Facebook is the probably the (insert your own adjective here) site used by photographers today and according to the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner it’s violating Canadian law. The report states,
It’s clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook, and yet we found serious privacy gaps in the way the site operates… – Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart
In her report the Commissioner recommends,
…more transparency, to ensure that the social networking site’s nearly 12 million Canadian users have the information they need to make meaningful decisions about how widely they share personal information.
The CBC identifiies the four main areas of concern. Those being: safeguards on personal information, longterm storage of information, deceased member accounts and sharing of information about non-users.
The CBC article does reference photograph tagging but how or if this would effect photographers using the site for business remains unclear. Facebook representatives state that they are about to introduce new privacy features that will address the concerns of the commission. It seems like every time Facebook makes changes to their terms of service and policies it creates some kind of stink so we’ll be watching this one closely.
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Yet another reason to keep as little personal info on your profile as possible… And link to your own photo server for actual photos.
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