On Friday, social network Facebook began the rollout of its revamped privacy process, under which the company will give step-by-step privacy-related instructions to the new users when they sign up.

The revamped process is partly a result of Facebook's campaign to assuage the privacy concerns voiced by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner's Office, which carried out an audit in 2011 to ascertain Facebook's compliance with privacy laws in Ireland and the European Union.

With the main recommendations of the Irish regulatory agency being that Facebook needs to bring in better controls for users' personal information and links to privacy policies during the registration process for the new users, Facebook will henceforth provide the new users specific privacy guidelines upon their signing up to the network.

The privacy instructions which Facebook will give to the new users will include guidance about default settings; sharing of permissions; policies pertaining to access of data; rules about apps, games and third-party Web sites; photo-tagging functionality; advertisements; and the mechanism which the social network uses to help new members find friends and connections.

Noting that privacy instructions will chiefly "highlight the many resources and tools we (Facebook) offer to help people control their information" on the social networking site, Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan said that the company was "committed to making sure people understand how to control what they share and with whom."