Face off

Privacy issues continue to land social networks in hot water. Facebook has been criticised for launching a facial recognition feature that automatically identifies people in photos – without first notifying users. While other services such as Google Picasa and Apple iPhoto use facial recognition, its use by Facebook raised concerns. Privacy advocacy groups have questioned whether personal information, such as e-mail addresses, will become linked with photos on Facebook’s database. Last year the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint about Facebook’s privacy practices with the US Federal Trade Commission.

Source: The Guardian

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