For the publications and questions of journalists and citizens regarding the renaming of Facebook groups/pages, to groups/pages supporting political candidates, the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, Irini Loizidou-Nikolaidou, has responded.
"Taking into account the policies as well as the mode of operation and nature of the social networking platform Facebook, users are provided with tools for information, control, transparency as well as privacy management of their data. With regard to users' participation in groups/pages, Facebook provides them with the possibility through the "Page Transparency" section to be informed, among other things, about the date of creation of groups/pages, about possible renames and the possibility to report/complain to Facebook about the content or actions of a specific group/page," the Commissioner says.
Users receive a notification when a group/page changes its name.
Users receive a notification when a group/page changes its name. As far as groups are concerned, the notification is received even if they have opted not to receive notifications from the group in question, as it concerns important updates to the group's settings or privacy. In addition, users are provided with the option to be informed from the "Page Transparency" section about any changes that have occurred.
At the same time, it adds that in relation to the question of whether the administrator of a Facebook group/page has access to group/page members' details, "it is clarified that to the administrator, only the details that each member has chosen to be visible are visible not only to the administrator but also to any Facebook user."
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