Facebook’s privacy policy just got even more confusing. A spokesperson for Facebook confirmed to Fusion that it used smartphone location information to determine people who may know each other, only to immediately retract the statement.

For years, users have wondered about Facebook’s eerily accurate “people you may know” feature, which according to concerned users often suggests “friends” with nothing in common beyond having shared the same physical space.

But right after admitting it was feeding user location into its suggested friends algorithm, Facebook issued an updated statement saying the exact opposite. Fusion reporter Kashmir Hill said: “I’ve never had a spokesperson confirm and then retract a story so quickly.”

Tell Facebook: users demand a transparent privacy policy that ends the use of user location in its algorithms.  

Fusion reports that Facebook may suggest you friend people based on individuals with whom you’ve shared a GPS data point. Facebook’s location tracking is a privacy breach that’s also a serious money-maker: it reportedly tracks which stores you go into to target ads, among other things.

Pinpointing our location and using it to inform advertisers and strangers is an abuse of Facebook’s power. Samford University law professor Woodrow Hartzog insisted that “using location data this way is dangerous. People need to keep their visits to places like doctor’s offices, rehab, and support centers discreet.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve had to call out Facebook for creepy privacy breaches. In 2014, over 600,000 of us came together to tell Facebook to drop a plan to release a new app that listens to users’ conversations. The app was ultimately dropped -- proving the power we have when we join our voices. Now, we need to demand Facebook be straight with us about its privacy policy, and stop making use of users’ GPS location.

Tell Facebook: users demand a transparent privacy policy that ends the use of user location in its algorithms.