US Congressmen: Facebook Evading Privacy Questions

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @07:19AM from the you-can't-handle-the-truth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two U.S. congressmen have accused Facebook of evading questions about whether it tracks users in order to deliver targeted ads. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, and Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said the social networking giant failed to adequately answer questions raised by a patent application that suggests Facebook could be tracking users on other websites. The duo previously asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate accusations that Facebook tracks its users even after they log out of the social network, an issue the company says it has since fixed."

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"Fixed" could mean many different things by ElmoGonzo · 2012-01-10 07:25 · Score: 5, Informative

And even after logging out a week ago, I find 2 cookies for "any type of connection" that won't expire for at least a year. They "fixed" it but good.
Adblock Filter by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-10 07:27 · Score: 5, Informative

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