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Canada Says Facebook Breaks Privacy Laws

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 17, 2009 8:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Facebook suffers from "serious privacy gaps" and must become more transparent about how personal information is handled to comply with the law, says a government watchdog in Canada. The report by the country's privacy commissioner marks the first time a government has found Facebook... Read full story »

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