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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...
 
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Facebook Faces Class Action Suit Over Beacon Ad System

2008-08-14 11:48:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Beacon, which publicized its users' shopping habits without asking their permission. Now it has another Beacon nuisance: A class action lawsuit, IDG reports The suit, which was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Northern California, says that Facebook and some of its ad partners - including Blockbuster, Fandango, and Overstock - violated...
 
Tags: beacon, facebook, facebook users, users, beacon nuisance, platform beacon, suit, suit alleges, class action lawsuit
 
 
 
 
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Class action suit means Facebook's Beacon just won't go away

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2008-08-14 19:23:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...Beacon, its ill-fated advertising product that shared information about third-party site activity with the social network. The set of 20 plaintiffs, mostly residents of Texas, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday. Named as defendants are Facebook, as well as current or former Beacon...
 
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Facebook Faces Beacon Class-Action Lawsuit

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2008-08-14 18:37:23 by Don Reisinger in Mashable!
...Beacon system The lawsuit claims Facebook gathered online users activity without asking them if they wanted that information to be posted to their profiles, which is nothing new, considering the amount of heat Facebook has taken over the entire Beacon initiative By the time any user was notified that Facebook was (at a minimum), an observing...
 
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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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Want To See Beacon Done Right? Look At These Apps

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2008-08-13 10:28:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
...Beacon, the advertising platform that told your friends what you were buying. But while even Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook screwed up Beacon's implementation, the idea behind it remains intriguing. The ability to share your purchasing history, or brand preferences -- with your permission -- could be a very powerful tool for...
 
Tags: beacon, awful idea, facebook, facebook users, idea, products, recommend products, friends, facebook apps
 
 
 
 
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Facebook's Beacon Coming Back?

2008-08-20 13:00:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Beacon ad platform -- where some of your ecommerce activity was automatically announced to your friends without your permission -- is widely regarded as a failure. But that doesn't mean that the company is abandoning the big-picture idea Yesterday Tim Kendall, Facebook's director of monetization, outlined a plan for the Social Ads program...
 
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Beacon Street Girls Launches New Community Targeting Tweens

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2008-07-29 22:30:26 by Kristen Nicole in Mashable!
...Beacon Street Girls social network, modeled after the popular BSG book series Quite similar to Flip in concept (and in the ability to decorate ones virtual locker), the new BSG network offers a place where tween girls can create a personalized profile page and meet others their age. There are a number of clubs and advice editorials featured...
 
Tags: bsg, bsg appears, network, niche network, bsg book series, bsg network offers, beacon, unlike flip, flip