Facebook Statement Regarding the Findings from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

    Facebook is pleased that the Canadian Federal
    Privacy Commissioner has dismissed most of the inaccurate claims brought by
    CIPPIC, and that we were able to collaboratively resolve other issues raised
    in the complaint.

    The Commissioner also recognised, as we do, that privacy and user control
    on the social web is a new area, which requires websites, users and data
    protection authorities to work together. Without question, Facebook and the
    Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s Office share the common goal of making the
    Internet more privacy friendly for Canadians and users across the world.

    We are also pleased that the Commission has recognized the fact that
    Facebook provides significantly greater protection of users’ interests than
    most websites and commended Facebook for providing its users with extensive
    privacy settings. Facebook has made privacy a core part of its business, and
    is the industry leader in developing and deploying privacy tools and
    advocating their use. We believe that the very reason Facebook is popular in
    Canada is because the site offers people a way to share information, enables
    them to chose what information they share with whom, and is very easy to use.

    As part of our continued leadership in developing privacy tools that
    advance user control over their information, Facebook will soon be introducing
    a number of new additional privacy features to its service that we believe
    will keep the site at the forefront of user privacy and address any remaining
    concerns the Commission may have. In the meantime, we will also continue our
    efforts to work with the Canadian Federal Privacy Commissioner to address the
    outstanding areas highlighted in the report and will continue our efforts to
    raise awareness of the privacy controls on Facebook.

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