The issue focused on the expansion of Facebook's personal data into other types of technology — including and Facebook's social networks — was closely watched at the BBA and a number of policy issues around the change that needed to be resolved were highlighted in the commission's most recent meeting.


The new policy allows for a selection of technologies which is equivalent to "subject to high degree of reliability and validity", the report said.


The new policy is influenced by the perception that social media and other social media technologies