Facebook Inc., owner of the world’s most popular social-networking site, was asked by South Korea’s telecommunications regulator to improve privacy policies to better protect users of the service in the country.
Facebook is “inadequate” in notifying users about how personal information is collected and in getting their consent for its use, the Korea Communications Commission said in a statement yesterday. Should Facebook offer personal information to a third party, it needs to notify users of the purpose and the period in which the details will be used, it said.