Facebook will release more user data: lobby group

Social media network Facebook has promised to release more information about the data it collects from millions of users, an Austrian group lobbying for respect of privacy laws said. Facebook had agreed in December to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America after a three-month Irish investigation found that its privacy policies were overly complex and lacked transparency. At a six-hour meeting in Vienna with the europe-v-facebook.org group, Facebook officials pledged more openness.