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Blockbuster Bears Brunt of Facebook Beacon

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2008-04-17 19:03:06 by Kristen Nicole in Mashable!
...Beacon advertising program, and that day is here. According to MediaPost , Texas resident Cathryn Elaine Harris is pretty pissed that Blockbuster is sharing her purchase and rental activity with friends on Facebook With allegations that Blockbusters use of Beacon violates her rights as deemed by the federal Videotape Privacy Protection Act,...
 
Tags: beacon, facebook, blockbuster, facebooks beacon, facebook lie, beacon participant, blockbuster online, facebook cave, lawsuit
 
 
 
 
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Why Did Facebook Give Up on Beacon?

2008-05-29 15:04:56 by Nick O'Neill in All Facebook
 
...Beacon was a big mistake. While I was personally a big critic of the system due to the inability to opt-in and the default setting of opt-out, I dont think that Beacon was a horrendous idea. People want to let others know about some of the activities that they are up to online. Mark Zuckerberg tends to dismiss the entire program though and I...
 
Tags: beacon, kill beacon, facebook, develop beacon, simply, google simply, google, microsoft, microsoft remains persistent
 
 
 
 
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MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs

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2008-04-11 01:22:25 by Jason Kincaid in TechCrunch
...Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to this post about MyDataIsMyData, an upcoming privacy-monitoring service sponsored by classifieds site Flugpo , Beacon may still monitor traffic and personal data, even if a user has opted-out of the system. In response,...
 
Tags: beacon, facebook, enables users, users, facebook beacon controversy, users browse, mydataismydata, monitor cookies, toolbar
 
 
 
 
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Facebook Borks Blockbuster: Beacon Turns Into A Lawsuit (BBI)

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2008-04-17 16:13:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Beacon controversy, and in retrospect it seems few of them cared in the first place . But one still does: She's suing Blockbuster (BBI) for participating in the marketing scheme, which was supposed to inform your friends when you bought something online. MediaPost In the lawsuit, quietly filed last week, Dallas County resident Cathryn Elaine...
 
Tags: beacon, facebook, blockbuster, facebook users, beacon controversy, users, blockbuster choices, video rental records, critics immediately
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster sued over role in Facebook's Beacon ad program

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2008-04-17 19:53:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Beacon advertising program, and is pursuing legal action Cathryn Elaine Harris, a Texas resident, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for eastern Texas on April 9, claiming that it's a violation of a federal statute for Blockbuster to participate in Beacon, which shares rental history on Facebook members' "news feeds" unless they...
 
Tags: facebook, blockbuster, beacon, bork, bork-era law, cathryn elaine harris, blockbuster representative, harris, beacon ads
 
 
 
 
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Confirmed: Facebook Users Don't Care About Beacon, Never Really Did

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2008-04-16 17:43:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
...Beacon debacle of '07 ? Facebook users don't. The social network's users were purportedly up in arms about the marketing program, which was supposed to tell users what their friends were buying, renting etc., But the real ruckus was happening outside the site, where folks like, um, us... were talking about it a lot Here's graphic evidence,...
 
Tags: facebook users, users, facebook, beacon, compare beacon, beacon debacle, college kids care, real ruckus, mark zuckerberg
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon comes to the iPhone

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2008-04-17 12:25:55 by HASH0x8c57ed4 in iPhone Cheats
...Beacon. Using Buddy Beacon, you will be able to share your location with your friends, and see where your friends are on the Google Maps application. Youll also be able to connect with your friends directly and update your location status on various online social networking sites, such as Facebook. Buddy Beacon also supports a variety of...
 
Tags: buddy beacon, location, location status, friends, friends directly, mobile application developer, status, facebook-esque features, facebook
 
 
 
 
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First Facebook Beacon Lawsuit Hits Blockbuster

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2008-04-17 17:38:20 by Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
...Beacon ads on Facebook. And, no, the plaintiff is not Michael, although he did once point out that the way Blockbuster used the names and images of Facebook members without permission to hawk its service could be a violation of their privacy rights. It could also be a violation of the Videotape Privacy Protection Act , which prohibits video...
 
Tags: facebook, information, customer rental information, blockbuster, crunchbase information, crunchbase, prohibits video stores, video rental businesses, mobilecrunch mobile gadgets
 
 
 
 
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Yep, Beacon Was A Mistake

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2008-05-29 00:53:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Beacon was a mistake Mark insists that Facebook is a technology company, not a media company He professes disinterest in either a Microsoft sale or an IPO Transcript follows, video highlights at end Two things we can tell you in advance about Mark Zuckerberg's appearance at the D conference: It is almost certainly going to go a bit smoother...
 
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