Facebook Caught Sharing User Data With Advertisers
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Facebook, MySpace, Digg and other social networking websites have been sharing private user data with advertisers without users’ knowledge or consent.
The users data shared are user IDs and usernames that are tied to the user profiles. For example, if you have not lock down your personal info on Facebook, advertisers can find out your real name, age, hometown, sexual orientation and occupation.
Since the investigation by WSJ, MySpace and Facebook have stopped sharing these info with advertisers.
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