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Judges Approves $9.5 Million Facebook ‘Beacon’ Accord
A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $9.5 million settlement to a class action lawsuit challenging Facebook’s program that monitored and published what users of the social networking site were buying or renting from Blockbuster, Overstock and other locations. The case concerned allegations Facebook’s now defunct “Beacon” program breached federal wiretap and video-rental privacy laws . Terms of the settlement, in which Facebook denied any wrongdoing, require the site to finance what the deal calls a “Digital Trust Fund” that would issue more than $6 million in grants to organizations to study online privacy.
Continue reading »Classmates.com settles suit over misleading e-mails
In 2008, the social networking site Classmates.com found itself on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit that focused on its membership recruitment tactics. The company has now settled the suit via the typical mechanism: trivial discounts to the affected parties, and some hefty legal fees. But, as part of the settlement, the company will have to abide by an agreement that’s specific enough to dictate how it will set browser cookies on its members’ computers.
Continue reading »etc: Facebook and Google are being sued by Winksite in a case of alleged mobile social networking patent infringement.
Facebook and Google are being sued by Winksite in a case of alleged mobile social networking patent infringement. Read More: Winksite , Mashable , USPTO Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »ASA to take over Facebook, Twitter regulation
Remit to include social media Advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will take over the regulation of companies’ social networking pages by the end of the year, according to advertising industry proposals.…
Continue reading »etc: Facebook has been granted a patent for social networking news feeds.
Facebook has been granted a patent for social networking news feeds. Read More: US Patent and Trademark Office , AllFacebook
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