The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Myspace
over disclosure of Myspace users' personal information. The FTC
alleged that despite the promises contained in its privacy policy,
Myspace provided advertisers with the unique identifier of Myspace
users who were viewing particular pages on the social networking
site. Advertisers could use the unique identifier to locate a
user's Myspace profile to obtain personal information publicly
available on the profile and, in most instances, the user's
full name. According to the FTC, advertisers also could combine the
user's real name and other personal information with additional
information to link broader web-browsing activity to a specific
individual. The FTC claimed that these practices violated
Myspace's privacy policy.
The agency also claimed that Myspace certified that it was
complying with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, which provides a
method for U.S. companies to transfer personal data lawfully from
the European Union to the United States. As part of its
self-certification, Myspace claimed that it complied with the Safe
Harbor Principles, including the requirements that consumers be
given notice of how their information will be used and the choice
to opt out. The FTC alleged that these statements were false.
Under the proposed settlement, Myspace is required to establish
a comprehensive privacy program designed to protect consumers'
information, and to obtain biennial assessments of its privacy
program by independent, third-party auditors for 20 years.
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