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'Simpler' Facebook privacy settings
28 May 2010
Simplified
privacy settings are being rolled out on Facebook after customer
concerns over safeguarding of their information.
The firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg said the settings had become
complicated and the new grid format will mean they can be changed with
one click.
However, he said it was helpful for a limited amount of information to
be in the public domain to allow "real world friends" to find each other
on the site.
Mr Zuckerberg spoke from Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California, adding
that members could "opt out" of allowing others to access their
information.
Richard Allan, Facebook spokesman for Europe and the Middle East, said
the amount of information visible to the general public will be
significantly reduced.
Names, profile pictures, gender and networks were openly available to
allow people to be found on the network, he said, but more personal data
like friends and pages can be hidden.
"The new privacy settings are a balance between sharing and helping
people find you on the service," Mr Zuckerberg argued. "Some people say
all information should be private as possible but that is not what users
have told us they want.
"More and more people want to share information and as long as they have
good controls over that, I really think that is where the world is
going. We really do believe in privacy and we believe in giving people
control. We want to make sure that the people who are using our services
understand what we are doing so we have also revamped the privacy
guide."
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