“Check the Guys to the North”

While it is a quote from the old movie “Top Gun” during one of those great dog fight scenes the same can be said today as Canada is leading world in social networking privacy protection against Facebook.

Here is the recent PC World Canada update on the situation which says Facebook is cooperating with Office of Privacy Commissioner (OPC).

“Hayden indicated the discussions are going well. "We continue to have positive discussions with Facebook," she said.

The OPC will make the outcomes of its discussions with Facebook public, but needs time to review and assess the undertakings first, she explained. "We need to do a thorough review and look at it carefully and once we've done so, we will determine the next steps," said Hayden.”

Expecting changes in privacy education, more informed consent, and technical controls over third party developers. Certainly looking forward to the full details.

Here are some stunning facts from the PC World article:

• Canadians represent 12 million of Facebook's 250 million users around the world, with a national population of 33 million. They continue to rank among the top in terms of per capita use.
• There are currently more than 950,000 Facebook developers in roughly 180 countries around the world as third party developers of Facebook applications.

Thank you Canada. Other countries around the world you should take notice.