While this may not be breaking news, it turns out that Facebook\u00a0has taken\u00a0just one more step in not respecting their user’s privacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to a semi-recent article<\/a> in the New York Times, Facebook retains user profile information even after the user has requested deletion so that “a user can reactivate at any time and their information will be available again just as they left it”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0The article goes on to discuss the difficulties of deleting an account in full and\u00a0implies that even after\u00a0contacting Facebook\u2019s customer service department\u00a0and being “informed that they must painstakingly delete, line by line, all of the profile information, \u201cwall\u201d messages and group memberships they may have created within Facebook” that “removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.”<\/p>\n With the growing number of online companies requesting and storing information, privacy concerns are becoming a bigger issue than ever.\u00a0 It is important for users to realize and understand how their online information is being stored and protected.\u00a0 It is also important for companies to understand that the protection of user information is more important than a usability issue in their application.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While this may not be breaking news, it turns out that Facebook\u00a0has taken\u00a0just one more step in not respecting their user’s privacy.\u00a0 According to a semi-recent article in the New York Times, Facebook retains user profile information even after the … Continue reading