Privacy complaint filed in Canada

In keeping with the anti-Facebook series (see Facebook Privacy Concerns, 10 reasons Facebook is hated, Short stats about Facebook, and Facebook policy contradictions?), here’s a news update.

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (of the University of Ottawa) listed 22 violations of Canadian privacy laws. They have officially filed a complaint against Facebook for these violations.

Essentially, the claims revolve around users’ private information being shared beyond what they have given consent to share. Instances include third-party applications, in which too much information (most of which is unneeded) is being provided to the third parties.

If you’re not leaving Facebook already, take this as a sign that you might not want to keep using it: Leo Laporte expressed frustrations with Facebook on one of the TWiT podcasts, net@night, when he talked about Facebook’s undelivered promises that users will be able to add more than 5000 friends.

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