The French data protection authority, the Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL), this week concluded there was no bug behind claims last week that Facebook was publicly displaying older private messages on users' Timelines.
A report published by the CNIL said the issue arose -- not for the first time -- after the new Timeline feature was globally rolled out.
In late September, French newspapers reported the alleged bug that showed private messages sent between two users as displaying in a "Friends" box on users' Timelines, which collated all the posts sent prior to 2009. Facebook quickly rebuffed the claims, stating the reports were "false." A source speaking to the BBC News said there was "no way" the two sets of data -- private messages and Wall posts -- could get mixed up.
The French government stepped in and the CNIL began investigating the claims, which quickly spread to international newspapers and online media outlets.
The CNIL concluded that there was no breach of user privacy.
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