The FTC order calls for audits of Facebook's privacy program for the next 20 years, and requires the company to obtain express affirmative consent from users before altering their privacy preferences in the future.
Google and Twitter both settled with the FTC for complaints involving social features; Google admitted to its privacy mistakes with Buzz and submitted to 20 years of audits, and Twitter acknowledged security lapses that made profiles more...
The settlement mandates additional privacy procedures, including third-party privacy audits every other year for the next two decades. In additional to the third-party audits, Google will have to: show privacy warning in a more prominent position...
Seems auditing Google's privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to submit to bi annual audits a privacy watchdog is demanding the same be done with Canada.
Just last week, Google settled its case with the FTC over Buzz, a deal which forces Google to submit to biannual privacy audits for 20 years. The FTC and Justice Department both oversee antitrust investigations, so it seems the outcome of the ITA...
Google will also face bi annual privacy audits by the FTC. Google settled its case with the FTC over the forced joining to Buzz for a brief period after its launch last year, they now have to have users sign up for the product.
