Recently when Google Friend Connect was launched, Google declared that the application will use Facebook's API to pull Facebook user information. But yesterday Facebook banned Google Friend Connect from using their API stating that this breaches the User Privacy and thus is a violation of Facebook's TOC.
Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook, said the issue that is violating their TOC is that after giving permission, its users can not revoke it from the Facebook.com interfce. Also Facebook has no control over the third-party websites where the infomation will be displayed because Google acts as the middletier between them.
David Glazer, Google's Director of Enginnering came up with the counter-agumment that they have an option so that users can "Unlink" a particular social network from the site. Glazer also stated that Facebook's API doesn't have the feature to let Facebook know on exactly which site the user data has been posted. He insisted that Google puts high regards for user privacy.
Let's hope that Google and Facebook will sort the issue soon to make internet more social though as of now it seems unlikely (specially with Facebook Connect around)! The only silver-lining is that both the companies have officially stated that they are keen to sort the things out. While Facebook has shown its willingness to work with Friend Connect provided the privacy factor is well taken care of, Google has also stated that they are in "constant contact" with Facebook regarding this issue.
Don't forget to check back here later for more updates on this drama between Google and Facebook.
Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook, said the issue that is violating their TOC is that after giving permission, its users can not revoke it from the Facebook.com interfce. Also Facebook has no control over the third-party websites where the infomation will be displayed because Google acts as the middletier between them.
David Glazer, Google's Director of Enginnering came up with the counter-agumment that they have an option so that users can "Unlink" a particular social network from the site. Glazer also stated that Facebook's API doesn't have the feature to let Facebook know on exactly which site the user data has been posted. He insisted that Google puts high regards for user privacy.
Let's hope that Google and Facebook will sort the issue soon to make internet more social though as of now it seems unlikely (specially with Facebook Connect around)! The only silver-lining is that both the companies have officially stated that they are keen to sort the things out. While Facebook has shown its willingness to work with Friend Connect provided the privacy factor is well taken care of, Google has also stated that they are in "constant contact" with Facebook regarding this issue.
Don't forget to check back here later for more updates on this drama between Google and Facebook.
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