One week on from “Marauders Map” and Facebook Messenger has removed its eerie always-on location sharing feature.
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“Marauders Map” – Is your location being tracked through Facebook Messenger?
A new Chrome extension, described by its own developer as ‘creepy,’ can track Facebook Messenger users and plot their location on a map.
Tracking report was wrong, says Facebook …but there is a bug that needs fixing
Facebook has responded to privacy claims made by Belgian researchers but admitted that a “bug” may have caused inadvertent tracking of some users.
Facebook hits back at report claiming it tracks pretty much everyone
A new report claims Facebook is tracking logged out users, non-account holders and EU users who have explicitly opted out of being tracked.
Facebook explains when and why it peeps at your account
A Facebook engineer asked if it would be OK to take a look at Paavo Siljamäki’s profile. Sure, he said. Then he wondered: how many employees can get in without credentials?
Facebook’s got a new privacy policy, and it plans to share your data with partners
As Facebook’s new privacy policy comes into force users can expect more sharing of their data and ‘enhanced’ targeting of adverts across partnered websites.
Google and Facebook under fire from Dutch government over citizens’ privacy
Google’s been told to change how it handles personal data on Dutch citizens or face a €15m fine. Facebook’s policies are also under scrutiny. 
Facebook translates its privacy policy into plain English
Facebook updated its privacy policy on Thursday, this time with an eye toward crystal-clear explanations in big fonts, bright colors and nice, short words. 
Review your settings with Facebook’s new privacy checkup tool
Facebook has now rolled out its dinosaur-led privacy tool to everyone. So you can either wait for your dino-popup to appear, or click on the padlock icon in Facebook, go to Privacy Checkup, and follow these 3 simple steps. 
Why the Facebook Messenger app is not the privacy nightmare people think it is
There’s good reason to be skeptical of Facebook when it comes to privacy, but the Facebook Messenger app isn’t the privacy nightmare that some people think it is. Here’s why …