A letter of complaint sent by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received the attention of consumer protection chief David Vladeck, who responded recently by saying that EPIC's letter "raises issues of particular interest for us at this time," MediaPost reports. EPIC has taken issue with recent changes to Facebook's privacy policy and tools and, although the FTC will neither confirm nor deny that it plans an investigation, it has asked for a follow-up meeting with EPIC. Responding to EPIC, Vladeck wrote, "As the amount of personal information shared on social networking sites grows, and the number of third parties and advertising networks with access to such information grows, it is important that consumers understand how their data is being shared and what privacy rules apply."
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