Facebook "Places" Launches
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Following the launch today of a new “Places” feature, Facebook users in the UK have the ability to track friends’ whereabouts. “Places” is a tool that has been developed to help Facebook users share where they are, find out who is in the same vicinity and discover services and events in the area.
“Places” will be accessible either from Facebook’s mobile version or via an iPhone app that Facebook has designed. Users will be able to log in and broadcast their whereabouts and their location will then appear in their status update.
People can also tag their friends when checking into a location. Every time anyone is tagged, they will be notified and will have to choose whether to accept or not.
“Places” has launched in the US and Japan and the service will soon be rolled out to the rest of Europe.
This will inevitably give rise for data protection issues in Europe, as data protection offices across Europe take stock – we will keep the Blog updated on developments!
