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The Facebook reached an agreement with the Canadian authorities, responsible for protecting personal data, to integrate changes in security matters. It all started a month ago when it was found that Facebook violated Canadian law by indefinitely holding personal data of users …

The complaint did CIPPC the University of Ottawa, dealing with internet security) and ultimately, Facebook agreed to create a more transparent about the reasons for collecting the data. It will also become more clear to users the potential to disable or complete remission of their accounts.

As for the famous «applications» and safety of users now have more control over data access applications, which can lead to system administrators of such applications. Applications should indicate what specific personal data will be used to allow users to decide whether to activate. Today when users are willing to share their data with an application, give the company / author access not only to each and every profile information but also information on the profiles of their friends.

12,000,000 registered Canadian users on Facebook, which corresponds to more than 1 / 3 of the total population and is the first country to an investigation on the protection of personal data on the site. According to the makers of the Facebook changes will come gradually implemented over the next 12 months and will probably apply to all users, not just for Canadians.

Importantly, the fact that these developments have opened a wider debate on personal data security and other popular social networks MySpace and Twitter. Already a representative of MySpace announced the planning meeting with representatives of the Canadian principle of personal data.