Remember Facebook Beacon? It’s gone now. I’m surprised, are you? Not only that, but Facebook funding a privacy group to the tune of $9.5 million as part of their settlement. The Register has the story on how Facebook Connect has eclipsed Beacon.
I expected that Facebook would keep Beacon around since they turned it opt-in. In [...]
The report resulting from the privacy complaint against Facebook has just been released. Just like when the complaint was reported on slashdot, there’s a lot of hubbub about the complaint being accepted. Well, when you’re collecting information on Canadians, you ought to respect Canadian privacy law. Facebook has made a few changes to their privacy [...]
It looks like Lawful Access is on its way back. The news comes from the Globe and Mail. Originally the bill was imminent, but after criticism from the Privacy Commissioner it no longer appears to be so. I read the official FAQ on the previous iteration from late last year. The FAQ made things sound [...]
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CBC just had two pieces on the throttling fiasco that’s still going on. One was an interview with Bell’s Mirko Bibic by Spark, the other was from The Current.
Facebook can track users even when they’re logged out, but says they don’t. If you’ve ever received a Beacon ad from a Facebook partner while logged in to Facebook, Facebook can tie your username at the partner’s site to your Facebook page. Also, even if you say ‘No Thanks’ the data is still transmitted to [...]
I’m coming a little late to the party here because none of my friends buy from any of the partner sites. I’ve only recently heard about Facebook Beacon. Facebook’s EULA has long warned that they would keep tabs on you outside of the Facebook site, but I expected that they would do that through a [...]
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