The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is investigating complaints against Facebook for its data collection practices. Fox News reports on one allegation that the site encourages members to offer information on nonmembers and uses it to create "extensive profiles." The Wall Street Journal reports that another complaint claims Facebook held information on an Austrian student which appeared to have been deleted from his account. The data included rejected friend requests, untagged photos of the student and logs of all his chats. Facebook denies both claims. A company spokeswoman said "the assertion that Facebook is doing some sort of nefarious profiling is simply wrong," adding that its messaging service works the way "every message service ever invented works." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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