MySpace Settles With FTC Over Privacy Charges
Follows settlements by Google, Facebook
MySpace joined Google and Facebook in settling Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated millions of users' privacy, contrary to what the social network said in its privacy policy.
As part of the settlement, MySpace must establish a comprehensive privacy program designed to protect consumers' information and will be subjected to third-party audits of its privacy program for the next 20 years.
The FTC claimed that MySpace shared personally identifiable information with advertisers. Advertisers could use MySpace's Friend ID to locate a user's MySpace profile that included in most instances, the user's full name, as well as age, gender and profile picture.
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