By: Brian Jackson
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian has harsh words for those not making privacy a priority -- namely Facebook and public organizations in Ontario that neglected to encrypt sensitive data.
Facebook failed to put privacy first with its recent changes to the popular social networking site, she says. Many angry Facebook userscalled the commissioner's office to complain that the default for many of their privacy settings was set to be public in mid-December.
"I had no idea why they did it that way," Cavoukian says. "Whatever my previous settings were, that's what I want."
The federal Privacy Commissioner's office also received such complaints, one of which prompted it to launch its second probe into Facebook.
Last July, Canada's Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddard, released findings of the initial probe that found Facebook was not in compliance with Canadian privacy legislation.
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