Myspace settles with FTC over sharing user data with advertisers

Myspace settles with FTC over sharing user data with advertisers

Myspace has agreed to settle charges that it misled users about sharing their personal information with advertisers, the Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday. The FTC alleges that Myspace allowed advertisers to combine profile information with browsing information in ways that Myspace's privacy did not cover. Each Myspace user has an assigned persistent unique identifier, called a "Friend ID," associated with their profile on the site. … [Read more...]