It has taken two years and a lawsuit, to end the Facebook Beacon controversy. Now the social networking giant is finally turning off the ads. More on the story. The application launched in 2007 tracked the activities of Facebook users on 42 partner Web sites and then revealed those activities users’ friends unless they turned such notification off. More on the story here: Daily Mail

Today in the world of privacy…..after the jump.

Laptop searches at airports infrequent, DHS privacy report says. Computerworld

More on the story….DHS privacy report downplays laptop searches. InternetNews

Strange, but true….Alcohol-sniffing anklet saves money but stirs privacy fears. Washington Post

Medical Data in the Internet “Cloud” – Data Privacy. The Health Care Blog

Med Students on Twitter, Facebook: No Patient Privacy? Privacy Digest

New “Irresponsible” Netflix Contest May Violate Customer Privacy. PC World

Location tracking on cell phones raises privacy concerns. Mercury News

The Facebook Beacon controversy raged on for a long time, certainly from the perspective of users. You can see more about it in the video report below.

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Facebook Beacon Controversy Update: Ads to Be Shut Off to Settle Lawsuit