Facebook – the social networking phenomenon – has come under fierce criticism for changing the way the privacy settings operate for users. It recently invited users to change their settings, even where they had already been selected. When users logged onto the site, they were encouraged to change their privacy settings to the default settings suggested by Facebook, which would involve all their data, information and photos being available for the world at large to see, rather than just their friends and networks. The data could include sensitive personal data under EU data protection laws (such as religious and sexual information). The information could also give identity thieves plenty of data to carry out their activities. The Electronic Frontier Foundation – a digital rights lobby group – has criticised the move as an attempt to push Facebook users into publicly sharing more information than ever before while reducing the control that they have over their personal data