Facebook seems to have encountered an array of privacy issues quite consistently lately.  This time, South Korean authorities are involved.  The South Korea Communications Commission demands that Facebook provide details on how it shares data with 3^rd parties, with an emphasis on user information sharing awareness.

“On Fan Pages, it seems that a new tweak to the privacy policy has made it difficult for page administrators to respond to posted comments from their followers…The regulatory agency’s [Korea Communications Commission] main concern seems to be about user consent over shared information.”

Dealing with probes for third party data leaks is nothing new for Facebook.  After an investigative report by The New York Times uncovered serious holes in Facebook’s privacy mechanisms, a number of U.S. officials began to look into the matter as well.  The matter has led to speedy reform at Facebook, including a bulked up D.C. presence.

The Fan Pages is just one more issue for Facebook, but it’s in South Korea where Facebook should truly concentrate its resources. They don’t take privacy issues lying down.  As we covered here, the Cyber Terror Response Center of the Korean National Police Agency actually raided Google’s local offices on the grounds of its Street View cars’ suspected Wi-Fi  privacy breach.

Nevertheless, Facebook can’t seem to escape its privacy issues, which is the downside of encompassing so many individuals needs. Some of Facebook’s recent encournters include, among others, Facebook apps such as Farmville caught sending user IDs to 3^rd parties, as well as it’s all out war with Google over data exportation permissions.