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Good. But why does Facebook get off scot-free? I feel like their contact-uploading behavior was even more egregious than Path's.

EDIT: I missed when originally reading the post that the fine was for violating COPPA, while the other provisions (privacy assessment every 2 years) are for their privacy violations.

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They don't. The FTC settled with Facebook in February of 2012 with similar terms.[1] Regardless, however you feel about Facebook, they do have robust privacy controls if users choose to learn them and are transparent about what they do with personal data. While they do quite a bit with users' data they do comply with current laws and regulations.

http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/facebook.shtm

Agreed.

If you really choose to control your Facebook privacy, you can do it but then the engagement experience becomes very limited. Facebook gives you controls but then it's given in a manner that it becomes a choice between use it or not use it.

Facebook doesn't allow account creation by under-13s, and is well aware of COPPA.

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