Facebook Forced to Face the Music on Changes to User Settings
More lawsuits filed against Facebook following its decision last year to change some user settings and making public online associations that had once been de-linked from user profile information. The company disclosed information by making it publicly available. The change in settings resulted in users sharing more about their online relationships and activities than user account preferences had allowed. The company has been under a privacy cloud since it premiered an application called "Beacon," which reported online purchases to users' Facebook associations.
Facebook Hit With More Privacy Lawsuits In The Wake Of Changing Users' Settings, Wendy Davis, Media Post, February 10, 2010
