Feds: Facebook Mines User Data Even After They Log Off
The chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives are concerned that Facebook's plugins mine customer data even after people log off the site.
The chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a letter to the Federal Trade Commission this week, over concerns that Facebook is mining customer data even after users log out of their profile.
The letter from Representatives Joe Barton of Texas and Ed Markey of Massachusetts isn’t the first from the duo in regards to privacy concerns and Facebook.
The story starts with tech blogger Nik Cubrilovic in Australia, who discovered this week that Facebook was still gathering data from users even after they logged out of the social network, whenever they visited web pages that feature a Facebook like button.
“Facebook was able to obtain this information when users visited websites that connect with Facebook, including websites with like buttons,” the letter said.
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