Facebook Faces U.K. Probe

Thanks to a Channel 4 viewer, Facebook is now facing an investigation by a U.K. privacy watchdog. The story of the viewer resembles many others. After using Facebook, the user decided that they wanted to disable their account and no longer use the site. Not a problem on Facebook, simply login to the site, click on “Account” and then click “Deactivate.” Your done! Well, you are done as long as you don’t mind Facebook retaining all of the data you’ve ever created on the site.

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