Still don’t really understand all the media attention on Facebook’s, Twitter’s and Google’s user privacy woes? In a recent video interview by Bloomberg‘s Spencer Mazyck, Proskauer’s Kristen Mathews explained the issues in a way that anyone can understand. In this video interview, Mathews discussed the background of the recent media scrutiny over Facebook’s and Myspace’s sharing of user data with application vendors, ad networks and data aggregators. She also discussed the legal challenges to Google’s use of Gmail information to launch its Buzz social network, and the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Twitter pertaining to security vulnerabilities in Twitter accounts. She also discussed industry standards and pending legislation in this area.
