EFF Raises New Questions About Instagram's Privacy Policy

Instagram rolled back proposed changes to parts of its terms of service that relate to advertising yesterday, but left in place changes to its privacy policies which attorneys at the Electronic Frontier Foundation call troublesome.

Instagram rolled back proposed changes to parts of its terms of service that relate to advertising yesterday, but left in place changes to its privacy policies which attorneys at the Electronic Frontier Foundation call troublesome.

“While we appreciate Instagrams responsiveness to user concerns and its improvements, the new privacy policy is short on clear privacy protections,” wrote senior staff attorney Kurt Opsahl and activism director Rainey Reitman on the organization’s blog.

The new policy never “directly promises that private photos will remain private.

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