Privacy: Social Media: U.S. Congress Members Want FTC To Investigate Facebook Tracking
Markey, Barton to FTC: Investigate Facebook Tracking
After recently published findings that Facebook had been gathering information about the websites its users visited even after users logged out of Facebook, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the company’s practices in this area. Facebook has admitted to collecting information about its users even after its users had logged out.
Primary Document: Full Text of Markey and Barton Letter to FTC
See Also: “Lawmakers want FTC probe of Facebook” (via Politico)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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