Specific changes Facebook will be implementing include Updating the Privacy Policy to better describe a number of practices, including the reasons for the collection of date of birth, account memorialization for deceased users, the distinction between acco

Encouraging users to review their privacy settings to make sure the defaults and selections reflect the users preferences. Increasing the understanding and control a user has over the information accessed by thirdparty applications. Specifically, Facebook will introduce a new permissions model that will require applications to specify the categories of information they wish to access and obtain express consent from the user before any data is shared. In addition, the user will also have to specifically approve any access to their friends information, which would still be subject to the friends privacy and application settings.