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It brings communities together, reintroduces old friends, even helps you organize events and gatherings, but Facebook, the social networking site, has come under the spotlight again over it's privacy settings. An EU privacy watchdog claims it's changes to privacy settings last year are unacceptable. The article 29 workers party claims that the privacy default changes were introduced to the detriments of the users, alleging that Facebook users who accepted the defaults in a pop-up message found that more of their information was available to everyone, or to members of bigger networks than before. Facebook told ITN that its privacy settings are intuitive and comprehensive, however, there are calls for it to make the privacy settings simpler for users to understand. Yesterday, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg held a company wide meeting to discuss the privacy issue. Facebook confirmed that it is constantly reviewing, consulting, and making changes for better privacy settings. The networking site told ITN that it gives its users granular controls which enable each user to customize many individual settings in order to share or protect as much information as they feel comfortable with, adding that they already enable users to exempt themselves from search indexes. Information Commissioner's office issued a statement saying that all users should think about who may be able to access their information before posting it online. However, it added that social network sites such as Facebook should take more responsibility and make sure privacy settings are easy to use and access. Facebook pointed out that they do have a privacy advice page, which gives users options on who can and cannot view their information. So next time you log in, make sure you think you're in a public, as well as a private space.