The world’s most famous social site is facing criticism in Canada. Facebook, being the most successful networking website that provides various features for its users to enjoy such as millions of applications, faces the Canadian Law – the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
The investigation came upon request last year after a group from the University of Ottawa called The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic to look of Facebook’s privacy policies.
Anne-Marie Hayden, spokesperson for Canada’s privacy commission, said that Facebook was doing something to address this concern upon request of the Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart to the company to submit proposal and timeline regarding their policies.
The five-year-old Canadian act affects Facebook’s almost 12 million users from Canada since the company keeps user’s personal information indefinitely, even if they closed their accounts on the said website.
To address the said problems, Stoddart suggested that Facebook should clarify its privacy policies, to make it easier for Canadian users to remove their profiles and to curb the amount of personal information that Facebook collects from its users. Giving the company a 30-day period to implement the suggestions, Facebook said that in order not to face the same liabilities in the future, they will also introduce a number of new features addressing privacy concerns.