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The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters Canada's privacy commissioner said on Thursday.

The uncomfortable reality of our online world is that privacy is a much more fluid notion than it used to be

A Spanish official says social services will not take custody of the two small boys whose mother gave birth to them at age 66 then died at 69.

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Statement shows which politicians, celebrities and journalists were entertained at the prime minister's country residenceThe entertainer Bruce Forsyth and the football commentator John Motson were among those who received official hospitality at Chequers over the last year, Gordon Brown revealed today.Their names are included on a list of all those entertained at the prime minister's country residence in 2008-2009, a ministerial statement showed.The list - which includes a large number of politicians and journalists - always attracts considerable interest at Westminster, where it is seen as a guide to who belongs to the Brown social circle.Embarrassingly for the prime minister, Sir Fred Goodwin, the bank boss blamed for the demise of RBS, was one of the City figures to enjoy the prime minister's hospitality.Downing Street did not say when guests were entertained at Downing Street, or whether they attended functions at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, more than once.Celebrities on the list

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada's privacy commissioner said on Thursday.

Half of the social networking site's users log on every day, but rival Twitter is growing at twice the rate.

Taking a cue from Twitter and Facebook, Google is adding social features to its Reader software and tightening the link between Google profiles and its other services.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada's privacy commissioner said on Thursday.

Using social media to interact with customers pays off, according to the ENGAGEMENTdb report released today by Seattle-based Wetpaint and the Altimeter group, a san francisco-based digital marketing consultant. Starbucks, Dell and eBay led the way in consumer interactions across 10 different social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter, according to the report. On ...