[governance] Privacy Audits of Facebook by the Irish Data Protection Commission and Responses

[Marie GEORGES]

Many thanks Michael, 

as a European data protection independent expert  I would suggest those interested in the matter to look also at the US Civil society's  and FTC's actions on the matter , see 
	http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/

All the best to you ..2013 have to be heavy too...get ready

Marie

/Le 28 déc. 2012 à 16:49, michael gurstein a écrit :

> For those with an interest, a colleague who evidently wishes to remain anonymous has just pointed me to a series of documents which are an audit of Facebook's privacy approach by the Irish Data Protection Commission, Facebook's response and the re-audit by the Irish Data Protection Commission as below
>  
> http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/Facebook_Ireland_Audit_Report_Final.pdf
> http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-public-policy-europe/facebook-and-the-irish-data-protection-commission/288934714486394
> http://dataprotection.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=1233&m=f
> http://dataprotection.ie/documents/press/Facebook_Ireland_Audit_Review_Report_21_Sept_2012.pdf
>  
> The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has also done a review:
> http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2009/nr-c_090827_e.asp
>  
> The Irish undertook the review (acting it appears on behalf of the EU) because FB is an Irish registered company (presumably for tax purposes). 
>  
> The Canadian Commissioner undertook the review to ensure that
> “These changes mean that the privacy of 200 million (2009) Facebook users in Canada and around the world will be far better protected,” says Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart.
>  
> Does this mean that every country in the world needs to do it's own audit of FB?
> Does this meant that every country in the world needs to do a re-audit everytime FB changes its approach to privacy/tweaks its business model!?!
> How/where/with what resources does the individual who feels somehow aggrieved by the activities undertaken by FB gain legal redress?
> Is Facebook too big to be allowed to fail in its (data privacy and other) obligations (Is Facebook a Human Right?)
> Isn't this a matter of global Internet governance?
> (Do we really expect the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland to ensure the privacy rights of 1 billion global users of Facebook?
>  
> M
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