German Minister Demands Facebook Cease Plans To Share Data

Germany’s consumer protection minister is expressing her concerns over Facebook’s privacy policy, and has written an open letter to the social networking company. Ilse Aigner is worried about Facebook’s recent announcement that changes will allow the site to share personal information with “pre-approved” third-party web sites. This sharing of information has had its share of concern around the web, and the fact that now a government official is addressing it may be worrying Zuckerberg and co.