Facebook did not violate privacy, according to CNIL

The National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL), which ensures the protection of consumer data in France, has given his support to the social network Facebook in the controversy over the publication
of alleged private messages.

The agency accepts the explanation from the company about the change in the privacy practices that led to the broadcasting of the past that were written in confidence that were confidential, but gives them a slap on the wrist
by the lack of clarity of the standards.

The scandal broke in late September in the French press, after several editors ascertain that some comments were made
??in their profile putting restriction on their pages as part of the new design of the page.

Research by the CNIL concluded that the messages in question were only communications "wall-to-wall", i.e. a wall to another wall of the respective affected user, and letters sent through the "courier" of the page.

The agency explains that the operation of Facebook before 2010 was not comparable to the present and was designed so that the visibility of the messages "wall-to-wall" was much smaller than today, so that users perceive as
private.

The CNIL also concludes that if the user was not aware when Facebook changed the parameters of confidentiality of data between 2009 and 2010, the contents previously accessible only by private or friends were visible worldwide.

This institution acknowledges that the private nature of the content of some of the exchanges that took off alarms is "indisputable", in the sense that they felt users to send private messages when you were writing from one
wall to another.

At the same time, the CNIL asks Facebook for more transparency in the use of personal data and the application of tools that help users to take control.

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