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Facebook Says User Data Sold to Broker - WSJ.com
Facebook Inc. said that a data broker has been paying application developers for identifying user information, and that it had placed some developers on a six-month suspension from its site because of the practice. The announcement, which Facebook made on its developers' blog Friday, follows an investigation by Facebook into a privacy breach that The Wall Street Journal reported in October . Some "apps," the small programs that let users play games or share information with each other on the social-networking site, were sending users' Facebook ID numbers to third-party marketing or data firms, in violation of Facebook's privacy policies.I've Been Mugged: RapLeaf, Facebook, Data Mining, and Privacy
There is a good article in CNN Money about RapLeaf, its ties to Facebook, and the impact of data mining on privacy . In this latest data breach, RepLeaf obtained from Facebook applications (commonly referred to as "apps") the IDs of Facebook members, merged the data with its own database, and then resold that combined data to advertising networks. You never heard of RapLeaf before?
Kim White Bloomberg Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the F8 developer conference this spring.
Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information - WSJ.com
FB to encrypt users IDs
Internet privacy: have Facebook and others gone too far? - KGUN9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports
We're sorry, there was something wrong with your HTTP request or the page you requested does not exist.Facebook CEO hit with privacy questions - Techworld.com
Two members of the U.S. Congress Tuesday hit Facebook with a series of questions about the latest privacy issues surrounding the site's most popular applications.
slight paranoia: It is time for the web browser vendors to embrace privacy by default
Three times over the past six months, web browsers' referrer headers have played a major role in major privacy issues.
Congressmen demand Facebook explain privacy breach - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
They want to know how many users were affected, what information was transmitted to other parties and how many third-party applications were involved. A spokesman for Facebook says the site is committed to safeguarding private data.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that many of the most popular Facebook application developers, including Zynga Game Network whose apps include FarmVille, Texas HoldEm Poker and FrontierVille, “have been transmitting identifying information — in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names — to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies.”
Facebook’s latest privacy flap is due to Web plumbing, not policy | SafeKids.com
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SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A class action lawsuit filed yesterday challenges Zynga's alleged practice of illegally sharing the Facebook user data of its customers with advertisers and data brokers.
The Wall Street Journal today reports that many Facebook applications are handing over user information—specifically, Facebook IDs—to online advertisers. Since a Facebook ID can easily be linked to a user’s real name, third party advertisers and their downstream partners can learn the names of people who load their advertisement from those leaky apps. This reportedly happens on all ten of Facebook's most popular apps and many others.
On Facebook Apps Leaking User Identities | Freedom to Tinker
Facebook and Zynga Face Lawsuits over Privacy Breach - Digits - WSJ
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries Lawsuits in California and Rhode Island are taking aim at Facebook and its largest application maker, Zynga, alleging that they violated federal law by sending identifying information about their users to advertisers and Internet tracking companies.Facebook privacy policies are certified and monitored by TRUSTe , a private company that makes a big business out of issuing privacy seals for thousands of web sites. In response to Facebook’s recent privacy breach, in which apps developers shared private data about Facebook users, Fran Maier, President of TRUSTe, issued the following statements:
TRUSTe responds to Facebook privacy problems... | ZDNet
August 2009
(via Ian Brown ) In a remarkable turn of events, Facebook has agreed to add significant new privacy safeguards and make other changes in response to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s recent investigation into the popular social networking site’s privacy policies and practices.According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal , nearly all of the most popular apps on Facebook—including Farmville, Causes, and Quiz Planet—have been sharing users' information with advertising and tracking companies. Here's how to stop them. The problem, reports the Journal 's Emily Steele , is that the Facebook apps were—possibly inadvertently—revealing the addresses of users' Facebook pages, which contain the users' unique Facebook IDs, and in some cases, their names.
How to Stop Facebook from Sharing Your Information With Third Parties
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