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The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU or short, is a regular critic of Facebook for its many privacy failures over the years. Yet, a recent update to its privacy statement<\/a> reveals that they may share your personal information with Facebook if you use their website:<\/p>\n

we may share your personal information with communications platforms, such as Facebook.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just how bad is it? Further down they (sort of) explain what information: that might include;<\/p>\n

may include name, zip code, email address, and other information<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Am I the only one that finds the use of \u201cother information\u201d<\/em> uncomforting?<\/p>\n

But, that\u2019s not all, they also rent out your information and even trade their contact lists with other organizations:<\/p>\n

We sometimes allow other non-partisan organizations to contact our supporters who have chosen to share their information with us. Working with other organizations in this way, either on a rental basis, in an exchange, or through a data sharing co-op<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The internet has become so competitive that it has become very difficult to compete online without resorting to the same privacy-invading tactics that most websites use these days.\u00a0 However, it is especially alarming when you see those tactics in use by organizations that supposedly fight for privacy.<\/p>\n

You can read ACLU\u2019s privacy policy in full here: https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/about\/privacy\/statement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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