This past week, Facebook decided to delay controversial changes to their privacy policy after several privacy policy groups asked that the changes be banned based on previous settlement made with the Federal Trade Commission back in 2011.
A spokesperson of Facebook told the The Huffington Post, "We are taking the time to ensure that people's comments are reviewed and taken into consideration to determine whether further updates are necessary and we expect to finalize the process in the coming week."
Some of the policy changes were in regards to sharing of personal information of Facebook account users. The changes would allow the social network to use the names and photos of users in advertising without consent from the user's involved, a serious violation to one's own privacy and to Facebook's previous settlement with the F.T.C that banned such use of private information, cites The New York Times.
Facebook made a statement last week that it would update their privacy policy information for their users, adding "We have not changed our ads practices or policies – we only made things clearer for people who use our service."
The privacy groups who contacted the F.T.C in regards to these apparent privacy policy changes, however, seem to think otherwise and clearly intend to keep such changes from occurring.
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