Facebook makes privacy push ahead of strict EU law

Brussels

FACEBOOK said on Monday it was publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their information, as it prepares for the start of a tough new EU data-protection law.

The videos will show users how to manage the data that Facebook uses to show them ads, how to delete old posts, and what happens to the data when they delete their account, wrote Erin Egan, chi…