According to FDI the  mistakes that are made by  Facebook are, the social networking giant featured a third party app that if fixed by users would have access only to user information that they needed to accomplish. Actually the apps could access nearly all of users’ personal data – data the apps did not need.

The social networking giant stated users that they can curb sharing of information to limited number of people. Actually by selecting the app ‘“Friends Only” did not block their data from being shared with third-party applications their friends availed.

Facebook had a “Verified Apps” program and affirmed that it certified the security of participating apps; however, it declined to do so.

Although, Facebook promised its users that it will not share their personal information with advertisers, it failed to keep up its promise.

Even after users deactivated or deleted their accounts, Facebook has allowed access to the contend which is against their earlier claim that if users deactivate or delete their accounts, their photos and videos would be inaccessible. Finally the social networking giant has declined to keep up its promise that it had claimed earlier that it will compile with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework that governs data transfer between the U.S. and the European Union.

To guarantee that Facebook do a better job, Mark Zuckerberg stated the company had constituted two new corporate privacy officer positions to oversee Facebook products and policy.