At a time when banks are shedding IT roles by the dozen, it seems counter-intuitive that 83 per cent of the nation’s chief information officers should report they are confident about the future of their business to the extent that 45 per cent expect to hire IT staff in the first six months of the year. The question remains – is this a dead cat bounce?
However, it is not used to the spotlight being
turned on such mundane things as changes in terms and conditions as we reported here.
As Google discovered before it, when lazy ass lawyers were allowed out
to play with the Google Chrome EULA, the issue of a copyright
grab is not something that users take too kindly to.
Mark Zuckerberg tried fighting the Facebook fan flames with weasel words of the 'move along, nothing to see here' variety.
He stated in an
official blog posting that "...we wouldn't share your information in a
way you wouldn't want. The trust you place in us as a safe place to
share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook
work."
Great. Trouble is, the users just did not believe him I guess. Which is
why more than 70,000 of them created a Facebook group to protest about
it all. With a little bit of help from we the media the protesting
seems to have worked.
Zuckerberg now says in a Update on Terms posting that, based on
feedback, "...we
have decided to return to our previous terms of use while we resolve
the issues that people have raised."
"Going forward" Zuckerberg continues "we've decided to take a new
approach towards developing our terms." Which is Much the same thing as
admitting defeat or admitting he got it wrong.
It seems that "overly formal and protective language" will be pruned in
order to make sure the "terms reflect the principles and values of the
people using the service." I for one look forward to the "substantial
revision" to come, especially if Facebook users get the amount if input
into the terms document that Zuckerberg has now promised.
Michelle Thomas
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