Let's have another look at privacy and consent

It's not everyday that I get a piece published in the Guardian, so you might like to check out my 'Comment' piece on social network sites and privacy, published today by the Guardian in a guide on Digital media law and available online here.

The piece focuses on Facebook. It's interesting that, following an avalanche of complaints, Facebook have now changed 'Beacon', its new Social Ads platform, to allow users to opt-in to sharing information gathered on third party sites (e.g. eBay) with their friends on Facebook. It shows that the trend from opt-out to opt-in, even where it isn't mandated by law, is growing.

Laurie Kaye