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Facebook Proposes ‘Data Use’ Policy To Replace ‘Privacy Policy’

Posted on February 25, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Thomas Claburn reports:

Facebook on Friday acknowledged what privacy advocates have been saying for years: Privacy policies are too difficult to understand.

“Our own privacy policy has been criticized as being ‘5830 words of legalese’ and ‘longer than the U.S. constitution — without the amendments,’ the company said in a blog post. “Okay, you’re right. We agree that privacy policies can and should be more easily understood, and that inspired us to try something different.”

Read more on InformationWeek.

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