Facebook Cookies Raise The Ire of German Officials

The relationship between Germany and Facebook couldn’t be called warm before, and now a watchdog group in the country is expressing concerns over the social networking site’s use of cookies.

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Beware: Socialbots Successfully Infiltrate Facebook

Beware: The socialbots are coming. These fake profiles mimic real people on Facebook but are actually computer programs that try to harvest private data from users, and expose them to other security risks.

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7 Facebook Security Features You Need To Know About

The people who complain the most about privacy on Facebook tend to know the least about the ever-growing array of security options available on the site.

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Facebook Continues To Expand Washington, D.C. Team

In yet another sign that Facebook intends to be a player in Washington, D.C., the company is welcoming a number of new hires to its office in the nation’s capital.

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SCARY: How Your Child’s Privacy Can Be Violated With Facebook And Klout

If your kids comment on a friend’s public status update, that information becomes public, even if your children keep all their Facebook privacy settings limited to visibility among friends only.

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Facebook Privacy Policies Challenged By Austrian Law Student


A CD containing 1,222 pages of data sparked yet another challenge of Facebook’s privacy policies, this one from a 24-year-old Austraian law student named Max Schrems.

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5 Facebook Privacy Settings You Must Review Now

The number of places where you can get tagged on Facebook continues to grow, but you can give yourself the right to approve all tags before they can appear on the site — and the ability to do this has gotten more refined than ever.

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Take This Lollipop On Facebook … If You Dare

The Internet is littered with content related to Facebook and privacy, but we doubt there’s anything as downright creepy, yet well-produced, as Take This Lollipop.
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Facebook Sued For Violating Privacy, U.S. Wiretap Laws

A class-action lawsuit alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap statutes by tracking people’s Internet browser history even when they are not logged in.

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6 Privacy Problems In Facebook’s Updates: Infographic

Timeline and the open graph call for a review of one’s privacy settings, although not to the extent that you lose sleep or close your Facebook account.

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