Live in Canada? Watch the evening news? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, then you have probably heard that Facebook will be upping its security and privacy standards. Facebook has not publicly specified exactly what they will be doing to tighten security, only that it will enable users to be better protected and that our use of apps and quizzes will be affected by the new security measures. Although the new security measures are a result of Canada’s request to comply with our privacy laws, there is no plan of isolating the changes to Facebook’s Canadian users, which represent about a quarter of all Facebook users. Facebook will likely implement these privacy policy changes across the board. This is probably a good thing as other countries have already begun investigating Facebook security and privacy policies.
Facebook has long received scrutiny in regard to their lax privacy policies and blasé attitude towards information sharing. In the social media platform’s defence, users are given autonomy when it comes to choosing which info is made public, and only basic personal information is provided. There is no opportunity on Facebook to release banking, credit, or Social Insurance Numbers (Social Security Numbers in The States), but for the parents of teens and tweens, name, age, email and phone numbers is enough to start alarm bells ringing.
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