You know, I would have to agree with them in principle. From what I have seen Facebook seems to take a dim view of anything/anyone that questions their “rule”.
Privacy, schmivacy.
From Computer World AU:
A Canadian public policy group Friday filed a complaint charging Facebook with 22 separate violations of a Canadian personal information protection law.
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the University of Ottawa, asks the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate what it describes as Facebook’s failure to inform members how their personal information is disclosed to third parties for advertising and other commercial activities. The complaint also alleges that Facebook has failed to obtain permission from members for disclosure of their personal information.
Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.
They didn’t comment? How out of character.
In an unrelated story most of the University of Ottawa’s student population had their accounts terminated on Facebook.
Yes, I’m joking.