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Facebook Privacy Concerns Never Ending: Investigation By UK Information Commissioner’s Office

Jan 20th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: privacy

User privacy concerns have been a thorn at Facebook for the past few weeks. It started off with the previously discussed Beacon program that Facebook introduced which tracked users buying habits. Advertisers would use this information to promote the items to the user’s friends. Thanks to pressure from user community and civil liberties groups Beacon [...]

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Facebook Advertisers Use Your Pictures For Selling Products

Jan 3rd, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Internet, privacy

Facebook is dancing on a slippery slope for the past few weeks. It started off with Beacon – a feature in Facebook which broadcasts users buying habits and trends to his/her friends. MoveOn.org and other public interest sites have successfully brought that controversial feature to the forefront and forced Facebook’s hands in respecting users’ privacy. [...]

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