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Yes, Facebook Is Watching You But You Can Pull Down the Shades
By Privacy Maven | December 4, 2007
CA’s recent research has uncovered the troubling extent to which Facebook tracks its members, even after they have logged out.
Amid heightened concerns surrounding Facebook’s new advertising platform, the social networking site has given users a new reason not to trust it: Researchers recently busted the company for tracking users activities on external sites, even after they logged out of Facebook.
“Facebook is retrieving enough information that they can tie what you do on external sites back to your Facebook profile,” says Stefan Berteau, a research engineer with CA. “[The company] says it’s deleting the data it gathers after you’ve logged out, but that is not clearly spelled out in its privacy policy, and there isn’t a binding public commitment.”
Keep reading for more details on Facebook’s tracking of online usage and for ways to block this tracking. The Consumerist also offers tips to help you stop Facebook from tracking you.
Topics: Privacy and Marketing, Social Networking |