Conyers wants answers from Google and Facebook on privacy

In his letter Conyers asks the company to retain any data collected by the Street View cars as well as any records related to the collection. That might be challenging since Google claims it has already deleted the data in question.

Zuckerberg announced a series of changes to Facebook’s privacy controls on Wednesday following a backlash by users frustrated by their complexity. Conyers’ statement acknowledges the changes but asks Zuckerberg to explain what information was shared inadvertantly and how the new policies will stop it from happening.

Update: Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes sends the following
comment:
“We appreciate Chairman Conyers’ interest in our personalization
products and look forward to meeting with his staff to explain our
industry-leading
privacy practices and the powerful privacy tools we began rolling out
this week.”