A
settlement has finally been reached three years after the Federal Trade
Commission leveled charges against Facebook, claiming the social
networking site violated users’ privacy. Part of the terms of the
proposed settlement requires Facebook to undergo audits for 20 years.
The FTC claimed, among other things, that Facebook told users their
information would be kept private, even after an account was deleted,
and then shared that info anyway. Under the proposed terms of the
settlement, Facebook must now get express consent from its users before
sharing any information outside of that user’s privacy settings.
