Facebook’s chief privacy officer has spoken out defending the company’s controversial decision to change its terms of use, saying the entire story was a beat-up and Facebook never intended to use people’s personal information outside of the site.It was the latest in a series of privacy rows for the social networking site as its 175 million users wise up to the dangers of publishing their personal details on the internet through a commercial entity.
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Facebook privacy story a beat-up
Facebook’s chief privacy officer has spoken out defending the company’s controversial decision to change its terms of use, saying the entire story was a beat-up and Facebook never intended to use people’s personal information outside of the site.