Facebook intends to change their terms and conditions thus allowing itself to transmit the data of their customers to third parties and partner companies. This is not acceptable and Facebook users should be informed to whom the company intends to pass them. Also, should the user be asked for authorisation every time the company intends to forward this information?

Social networks like Facebook. MySpace or Linkedin at the end of the day collect data from their customers and it remains a mystery to the end-user about their final usage.

As long as the explicit authorisation to pass private end-user data to a third party is not implemented, I would recommend not to use these social networks or to replace your personal information with fictive data. Further information and comments can be found at http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=376904492130 .