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Girma Nigusse

Facebook stores up to 800 pages of personal data per user account

Saturday, October 08, 2011

"While Facebook insists it does not share your details with anyone, would it surprise you to find the amount of data stored about each user may in fact total 800 pages? It certainly surprised me.

If you live in Europe, then you have the right under a European data protection law to request a copy of all information stored about you on any given service. In the case of Facebook, you can demand such information via the Personal Data Requests form."

Read more: geek

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Facebook faces more complaints over data retention

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

"A total of 22 complaints have been filed with the Data Protection Commissioner by Europe v. Facebook, a group that claims the company is at odds with European privacy laws governing how companies manage personal data."

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Privacy Groups Call on FTC to Investigate Facebook Supercookies

"Facebook is breaching agreements it made with its 800 million customers, the groups argue, while violating the company’s statements on its privacy. Nearly 200 million Facebook users are in the U.S. and are under the jurisdiction of the FTC."

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