Myspace, the once-mighty social network ultimately toppled by Facebook, settled a privacy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to submit to privacy audits over the next 20 years.
The settlement, over charges that Myspace misrepresented its privacy policies to users, is similar to deals the FTC struck previously with Facebook and Google.
The FTC said Tuesday that despite telling users it would not share personally identifiable information with others, Myspace provided users' "Friend ID" numbers to advertisers. That allowed advertisers to find users' publicly available personal information, often including full names, and could even lead advertisers to discover users' Web-browsing activity. Continue Reading
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