Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months

Facebook is developing the feature in response to an outcry about data collection and privacy on its sites

Facebook Inc. is going to let users see which websites and apps send the social network data on their activity — and then give them the option to delete it, with a new “clear history” tool.

The Menlo Park, California-based company is developing the feature in response to an outcry about data collection and privacy on its sites, following revelations that an outside developer improperly handled personal information on tens of millions of users. The crisis has spawned questions from lawmakers and privacy advocates about who owns the data that users share on Facebook, and the company has taken other steps