On June 15, Facebook posted in a blog note that he had requested the help of the Oversight Board, its supervisory board, in order to improve the way it handles the personal information of its users. He will soon communicate to the social network how he should review his policy.
Facebook describes its own policies as ” important and difficult »
This is the first time that Facebook has used the Oversight Board for advice on how to manage the personal information of its users. The social network said it requested his help because it considers its own policies ” important and difficult ».
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For the time being, facebook rules prohibit users from sharing information about themselves or anyone else that would allow them to be identified. The purpose of this policy is that users are not harassed on or outside the social network.
However, the company is struggling to define what information should be ” publicly accessible “. She therefore asked the Supervisory Board for recommendations on the right level of confidentiality of residential information, as well as on its policy dealing with violations of privacy and the rights of confidentiality of images.
“Access to residential addresses can be an important tool for journalism, civic activism and other public discourse. However, exposing this information without consent can also create a risk to a person’s safety and invade privacy. Mark Zuckerberg’s company says on its blog.
The purpose of these recommendations is therefore to determine when Facebook should make exceptions to its policies. For this, the Supervisory Board collects user opinion on these issues until July 9. Once it publishes its advisory opinion on these rules, the social network will review its response and respond publicly within thirty days.
The choice to appeal to the Supervisory Board for these questions is quite surprising on the part of the social network. It is often singled out for the way it handles personal data. In Ireland, it is even under investigation on behalf of the GDPR following a massive data breach that affected 533 million users.
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