Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have sent a letter to Joe Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, addressing Facebook’s use of cookies to gather information from members who surf the 905,000 sites that display its “like” button. A blog post that surfaced last weekend ignited the latest Facebook privacy firestorm. Nik Cubrilovic, a hacker and blogger, revealed that Facebook was keeping cookies active even after users logged out of the network.
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Reps Call on FTC to Probe Facebook's Fast-and-Loose Privacy Practices
Posted by: Rob Spiegel September 29, 2011 12:51 PMRep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have sent a letter to Joe Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, addressing Facebook’s use of cookies to gather information from members who surf the 905,000 sites that display its “like” button. A blog post that surfaced last weekend ignited the latest Facebook privacy firestorm. Nik Cubrilovic, a hacker and blogger, revealed that Facebook was keeping cookies active even after users logged out of the network.