"Facebook is under unprecedented scrutiny for its policies on retention of personal data after users criticised the site for breaching privacy. After a wave of protests, the world's largest social networking site yesterday announced that it was reversing its recent decision to keep copies of users' messages online, even after they had left the network."
... the story continues...
Wonder how it will resolve? In my mind, Facebook are still on a 'treat with caution' alert until they establish what they're actually about with regards their Terms and Conditions!