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05-22-2010, 10:38 AM
Facebook, MySpace caught releasing user data (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/tc_ynews/ynews_tc2189)
"In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users' privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn't even asked for the info.
"Facebook isn't alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday's Wall Street Journal report (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/tc_ynews/storytext/ynews_tc2189/36251908/SIG=12g15naot/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704513104575256701215465596.html) by Emily Steel and Jessica E. Vascellaro — together with the content-sharing sites Livejournal and Digg."
More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/tc_ynews/ynews_tc2189)
"In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users' privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn't even asked for the info.
"Facebook isn't alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday's Wall Street Journal report (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ynews/tc_ynews/storytext/ynews_tc2189/36251908/SIG=12g15naot/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704513104575256701215465596.html) by Emily Steel and Jessica E. Vascellaro — together with the content-sharing sites Livejournal and Digg."
More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/tc_ynews/ynews_tc2189)