Does That Facebook App Have A Privacy Policy? Probably Not.

Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 7:35am

When you're installing a new Facebook application, you probably don't think about the app's privacy policy, but perhaps you should. After all, the privacy policy is where the company spells out exactly what they can and will do with your personal user information. However, according to the findings released yesterday on the site Social Hacking, the state of Facebook application privacy policies leaves a lot to be desired.

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