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Facebook’s change of terms raises eyebrows and then it does an about-face on privacy policy

The blogosphere was abuzz Monday after a popular consumer-affairs blog pointed out changes to Facebook’s terms of use that the social-networking Web site quietly made earlier this month. The issue of who controls the data posted to the site is a massive gray area that continues to evolve.

By Wailin Wong

Chicago Tribune

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008750881_facebook17.html

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Facebook does an about-face on privacy policy

Deborah Gage, Chronicle Staff Writer

Facebook has apparently bowed to pressure from users who protested a change to the social networking site’s privacy policy and returned to its original policy – at least for now.

The new policy drew protests from some Facebook users who said it allowed Facebook to control their information indefinitely, even after they discontinue their accounts.

The site posted a "terms of use" update on users’ home pages Tuesday night saying that it would return to the previous terms of use while it "resolves the issues that people have raised."

Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/17/BUMK15VHLT.DTL&type=business

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