Facebook's new privacy policy

Facebook is changing its privacy policy, making it more transparent and adding plenty of video and other pages so people can understand how it works.

With over 300 million people using Facebook, the social network wants people to understand its policies and make them more accessible. And as Facebook becomes a business tool, it's important for IT executives to understand its policy positions, too. It was completely rewritten and made more user friendly.

Among the changes:

> Legal and technical language was replaced with simple terms that people can understand.

> The privacy document provided key points at the beginning and easy links to jump to the different sections.

> You may change or delete your profile information at any time by going to your profile page and clicking "Edit My Profile." Information will be updated immediately. You cannot delete your date of birth but you can hide the information.

> You may deactivate it or delete your account. When you deactivate an account, no user will be able to see it, but it will not be deleted. We save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.) in case you later decide to reactivate your account.

> Even after you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared with others.

Facebook made it clear that its privacy policy is a work in progress. It received less than 7,000 comments and ideas for its privacy policy but is always open to new ideas.

We're sure this is not the end of the debate on the social network that is now becoming embedded at work and home for so many people.

For more on Facebook's privacy policies:
- see this cnet.com article

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