Online Privacy Issues

The FaceBook Scandal: FaceBook implemented an advertising platform known as Beacon in November 2007. Beacon has become the subject for the most recent privacy concern. The core issue is that it attached information about what each FaceBook member had purchased online to their profile. It also emailed that information to their friends without approval. Obviously, people don't want everything they've purchased broadcast to those they know (i.e Bob Smith just bought Easy O...


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