The Wall Street Journal reports on Facebook’s announcement that it is “updating its privacy policies to clarify how the personal information of its more than one billion users” is collected and used—including at least one change: the expanded “use of facial recognition software to include profile pictures.” Some of the language is being included to comply with the recent $20 million settlement of a lawsuit over Facebook’s "Sponsored Stories" feature. Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan, who outlined the changes to two legal documents, explained, “we revised our explanation of how things like your name, profile picture and content may be used in connection with ads or commercial content to make it clear that you are granting Facebook permission for this use when you use our services.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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