Surprise, surprise—Facebook once again is having privacy issues.  As our friends at PC World report, this time one of those affected is the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.  In an unforeseen chain of events, some of his private photos were exposed and viewed by the public.

The flaw stemmed from Facebook’s user-based offensive post/photo reporting system, which is meant to help users report offensive materials with little use of Facebook man-hours. This process seems to have backfired, at least for the moment, as Facebook stepped forward to quickly address the issue.

After all the issues that Facebook and other companies have had with privacy concerns in the past year, are users really surprised that this is continuing to happen?  Social media sites and all companies storing information online have to tread carefully, allowing users to share and store information but making sure privacy is kept at a top priority.

All users of social networking sites need to be ever-vigilent, taking note of the personal information they make available online and the privacy safeguards associated with the site you’re using.  It’s important to remember that all websites are subject to the vulnerability of ‘man-made error.’ By regularly testing the privacy modes that you expect to keep you safe, you can take ownership of your own online privacy. Always remember, as you offer more and more personal information to social networking sites that are themselves getting more complex than ever, it’s going to require much more work to protect that data. Work by you and the sites you offer your information to.