German data protection commissioner Peter Schaar has proposed an independent ratings agency to alert users to the risks of social networking, reports Deutsche Welle. Peter Schaar says that the privacy policies of many social networks fail to protect users' data, and that an independent consumer protection agency could grade social networks on their privacy offerings. "What's important to me," Schaar said, "is that people are aware of what they're doing, what information they're putting on the Internet and the problems associated with certain activities."
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