Tag Archives: Erin Egan
Facebook Changes Privacy Policy To Comply With Data Protection
Last year a group of European college students had raised a question about what Facebook does with all of the words, pictures, and clicks that they track from their 901 million users. “We’re adding more examples and detailed explanations to help you understand our policies,” stated Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan. Egan is also hosting a video Q&A on May 14th.
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Facebook Decides Maybe They Won’t Sue Companies For Asking Employee Passwords
This morning I wrote an article about how Facebook was planning on suing companies and universities that ask for the passwords of students and employees. It turns out that Facebook is now softening their stance the issue. Instead Facebook will now engage with policy makers and other stakeholders.
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Categories Erin Egan, Facebook, Richard Blumenthal
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Facebook Makes Erin Egan and Michael Richter Chief Privacy Officers
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has written a blog post about how they have added two new roles on the company’s executive team. The two new positions are the Chief Privacy Officer (Policy) and the Chief Privacy Officer (Products). Erin Egan is now the Chief Privacy Officer (Policy) and Michael Richter is now the Chief Privacy Officer (Products). When creating new Facebook products, Egan and Richter will be ensuring that feedback from users and legislators is accounted for. These two new roles were created out of response that Facebook is submitting privacy check-ups by the FTC over the next 20 years. [Facebook Blog]
Categories Erin Egan, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Richter
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