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Facebook to simplify its privacy policy
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 01 March 2011, 12:55 IST
Bangalore: In an effort to put an end to the never-ending personal security issues, the social networking giant Facebook is preparing some changes to its privacy settings that will simplify its policies.
Facebook has been constantly carving out new policies to address the privacy issues over the time, but none of them could impress its more-than 500 million user base.
A new posting on the Facebook Site Governance blog said, "At Facebook, we are constantly developing new experiences and features to help you control your information. Some of our recent work includes simplified privacy settings and publisher privacy controls that let you select your audience every time you post something on Facebook. However, there is more to controlling your information than just settings."
"It's also important that you understand how information is used and what your choice are. That's why the privacy team took on a new project and applied Facebook's unconventional, innovative spirit to develop a new privacy policy written for regular people," the blog post stated.
By taking steps to simplify its privacy policy, Facebook in a way, has acknowledged the complexity of its policy setting that is of '5830 words of legalese' and "longer than the U.S. Constitution - without the amendments."
The draft of its new privacy policy has simplified and organized information under practical headings such as "your information and how it is used" and "how advertising works."
