Do Not Call Registry creator joining Facebook security team

The social networking site Facebook is having an issue with account holders having concerns about the privacy of their personal and account information. Facebook is used by millions of users and easily overtook MySpace as the most popular social networking website. However, because of a glitch that allowed a breach to occur with private information on the site, Facebook has needed to take action to protect their business and their users.

There is speculation going around that Facebook has offered Tim Muris a job helping the company deal with privacy issues. For those who may not know much about Muris, he worked in President George W. Bush’s administration. He is an attorney and is most widely known for creating the Do Not Call registry. The registry was designed to help Americans stop being hounded by telemarketers. They can be put on the do not call registry and opt out of having their names and information being used by telemarketers.

Many Facebook users have stated that Facebook allows private information to be used because Facebook has advertisers that want the information. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre has filed a lawsuit against FTC because they feel that this violates privacy laws. Some have said that by having Muris working for Facebook it is a win-win situation for the company. They can have someone defending them in their lawsuit and can have Muris deal with privacy concerns that users have at the same time. Only time will tell if Facebook can do what it says and keep their users’ information secure and private. If not, some users may continue to delete their accounts and look elsewhere for a good social networking site.