In addition, former Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly is a board member and investor.
Privacy researcher Chris Soghoian criticized the company for still not having a chief privacy officer (and pointed out that Facebook lacks one as well).
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Under the direction of Mary Ellen Callahan, the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer, the office issues guidelines for how the DHS can keep us safe while respecting our privacy.
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"This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends, " Erin Egan, the site's chief privacy officer, wrote Friday on the site's Facebook and Privacy Page.
Facebook's proposal cuts the voting system out of the site's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, which it says will free it up to explore new ways to involve users in policy changes, such as the new "Ask our Chief Privacy Officer" feature.
"I think that today marks a real dawning of an era...of mutual recognition and mutual respect for data protection and privacy framework on both sides of the Atlantic, " said Nuala O'Connor Kelly, chief privacy officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Jim Adler, chief privacy officer for Intelius, which operates people search websites including USSearch.com, Zabasearch.com and PhonesBook.com, said it is particularly difficult to remove the records of people with common names, people whose addresses change, or women who have changed their name after marriage.
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To counteract criticisms of the changes, Facebook is also launching a new feature on its privacy page that lets users submit questions to its chief officer of policy, Erin Egan.
The debate, hosted by Intelligences Squared, featured Bruce Schneier, (chief security technology officer with BT) and Marc Rotenberg (executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center) speaking in support of the idea that the threat of cyber war has indeed been exaggerated.
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