LAWMAKERS WANT MORE PRIVACY ANSWERS FROM FACEBOOK

Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Tex., lashed out at Facebook for failing to clearly explain how — and why — the social networking giant systematically compiles tracking data on its 800 million members, and millions more non-members. Markey and Barton were left unsatisfied by a six-page explanation they recently received from Erin M. Egan, Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer.

Read the article: http://gigalaw.com/2012/01/09/lawmakers-want-more-privacy-answers-from-facebook/ (Source: USA Today)