Facebook Gets Passing Grade From Irish Agency Audit

Facebook received its report card in the form of a detailed audit by the Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, and its grades were good enough to bring home.

Facebook received its report card in the form of a detailed three-month audit by the Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, and the social network’s grades were good enough to bring home.

Richard Allan, director of public policy for Facebook Europe, Middle East, and Asia, detailed the DPC findings in a note on the Facebook public policy Europe page.

Among the key findings by the DPC, as outlined by Allan:

  • The DPC commended Facebook on its focus on protecting and securing user data and acknowledged that Facebook makes “innovative use of cookies to identify unusual or suspicious activity.”
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