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changes from 2009 could mean audits of privacy for the next 20 years, but there are limits on the upcoming changes

Facebook is to finalize an agreement with U.S. federal regulators "misleading" the changes he made to their privacy policy in 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night.

The draft agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission may investigate complaints from privacy advocates that Facebook had a deceptive behavior of a series of changes he made in 2009 privacy settings.

The New York Times reported that the terms mean that Facebook would agree with the privacy audits for the next 20 years, but would not be necessary to ask users if they wanted to participate in sharing capabilities to all of the future.

In 2009 the necessary changes to profile information of certain personnel, such as a person's sex and the city where you live, you can see everyone. Previously, Facebook users can limit people to the information was visible.

changes provoked an outcry from groups like the American Civil Liberties Union to request that changes bad and disturbing.

Kevin Bankston, senior attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the time, said: "change" privacy "This news is clearly intended to push Facebook users to share public information, even more than before. "

The agreement, pending final approval by the Commissioners, who need Facebook to get the consent of users to "substantial changes retroactively," the Wall Street Journal report, citing anonymous sources.

Facebook and the FTC declined to comment.
The agreement would be followed by a similar agreement between the FTC and leader Google search Google in March for the last Buzz network. In 2010, the FTC settled charges with Twitter, alleging that the social networking service had to safeguard the personal information of users.

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