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Facebook's photo-sharing site Instagram has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users' photos to advertisers without notification.

Unless users delete their Instagram accounts by a deadline of 16 January, they cannot opt out.

The changes also mean Instagram can share information about its users with Facebook, its parent company, as well as other affiliates and advertisers.

The move riled social media users, with one likening it to a "suicide note".

The new policies follow Facebook's record $1bn (£616m; 758 euro) acquisition of Instagram in April.

Facebook's vice-president of global marketing solutions Carolyn Everson earlier this month had said: "Eventually we'll figure out a way to monetise Instagram."

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20767537
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    Re: Instagram (Facebook) seeks right to sell access to photos to advertisers
    « Reply #1 on: December 19, 2012, 07:18:20 AM »
    Subject being discussed on Canadian media this morning and company's initial response has been to say basically that they are reexamining their process re Instagram. truenorth

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    Re: Instagram (Facebook) seeks right to sell access to photos to advertisers
    « Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 02:58:54 AM »
    Uhm..it's great, thank for news sir. ;)