On November 29, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had entered a consent agreement with Facebook resolving the FTC's complaint that Facebook made false representations to consumers regarding Facebook's privacy practices. The matter developed as a result of complaints filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and a coalition of consumer groups.

FTC Complaint and Consent Agreement

The FTC alleged that Facebook made multiple false representations to its users about how and when the information that they shared with Facebook was shared or otherwise made available to third parties. For example, the FTC alleged that Facebook falsely told its users that third-party applications installed by users via Facebook could only access the information about those users that the application needed to function.....

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