SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is proposing to combine user data with that of
recently acquired photo-sharing service Instagram, and will loosen
restrictions on emails between members of the social network.
Facebook also said it is proposing to scrap a 4-year old process that can allow
the social network's roughly 1 billion users to vote on changes to its
policies and terms of services.
Facebook said it may share
information between its own service and other businesses or affiliates
that Facebook owns to "help provide, understand, and improve our
services and their own services."
One of Facebook's most
significant affiliate businesses is Instagram, a photo-sharing service
for smartphone users that Facebook acquired in October for roughly $715
million.
The change could open the
door for Facebook to build unified profiles of its users that include
people's personal data from its social network and from Instagram,
similar to recent moves by Google Inc. In January, Google said it would
combine users' personal information from its various Web services - such
as search, email and the Google+ social network - to provide a more
customized experience.
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