Today, July 24, 2019, it was imposed fine of US$5 billion on Facebook by the FTC.
But more importantly, the company agreed on "new restrictions and a modified corporate structure that will hold the company accountable for decisions it makes about user privacy."
The list of restrictions and requirements is quite large, but if you are interested you can read the whole PDF from here.
Below are the main points:
The exchange of non-public user information must be "clearly and visibly" disclosed and not concealed in privacy policies or similar legal documents. Facebook needs the consent of the users.
Facebook needs to make sure the information they can't get access from third party servers after a reasonable period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days after the User has deleted such information or deleted or terminated their account.
In addition, Facebook must ensure that deleted information from service users is deleted from the company's servers within a reasonable time period not exceeding 120 days.
Αριθμοί τηλεφώνου τους οποίους οι χρήστες του Facebook πρόσθεσαν στο λογαριασμό τους για χρήση σε προστασία ασφαλείας, π.χ. 2-factor authentication, δεν θα πρέπει να χρησιμοποιούνται από το Facebook για advertising or share with third parties.
Facebook may not assign to third-party apps, websites or services of user connections, records, or authentication codes.
Facebook should regularly perform automated scans to ensure that user passwords are not stored in plain text, and if this is the case, they should encrypt, delete, or make data in other ways illegible.
Facebook should delete any existing templates recognitionof a person within 90 days and will not be able to create new facial recognition standards unless it clearly discloses how it will use or share the data.
Facebook should "receive regular but also biennial evaluations" from "one or more qualified, objective and independent professionals who will be selected by the company itself but will be" approved by the Independent Privacy Committee ".
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