According to internetnews.com the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is suing Facebook charging 22 distinct violations of Canada’s privacy laws.
“”Facebook purports to provide users with a high level of control over their data,” said Harley Finkelstein, one of the law students who wrote the complaint. “But our investigation found that this is not entirely true — for example, even if you select the strongest privacy settings, your information may be shared more widely if your Facebook friends have lower privacy settings. As well, if you add a third-party application offered on Facebook, you have no choice but to let the application developer access all your information even if they don’t need it.””