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Facebook violates Canadian privacy laws

By David Gelles in San Francisco

Published: July 16 2009 20:20 | Last updated: July 16 2009 23:19

Facebook has “serious privacy gaps” and must make changes to comply with Canadian laws, according to a report issued by the country’s privacy commissioner on Thursday.

This is the first time a government has found Facebook in direct violation of its laws, and comes as the world’s largest social network with 250m users, is pushing its users to share more of their information with everyone on the web.

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