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Zynga Slapped With Lawsuit In Relation To The Recent Privacy Breach Accusation

October 20, 2010

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Facebook’s leading game developer Zynga has be sue for sharing personal information of Facebook users.

The class-action lawsuit was filed in a Federal Court on San Francisco by Nancy Graf of St. Paul, Minnesota. The suit seeks monetary relief for those Facebook users whose data was shared. It also seeks injunctive relief for prevention of “continued privacy abuses.”

Zynga has been accused of violating Facebook policy as well as numerous Federal and state laws.

The lawsuit is said to be linked to the report first published in the Wall Street Journal, where the popular game developer along with other app developers was accused of sharing Facebook users IDs with ad companies. This privacy breach has seen LOLApps games being shut down by Facebook for a couple of days.

Zynga plans to contest the suit stating, “We believe that the complaint is without merit and we intend to defend against it vigorously.”

The recent privacy breach reported by WSJ also got attention of Congress that eventually lead them to ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about what the company knew about the privacy breach and steps the company is taking to remedy the situation.

The scale of the privacy breach is being debated, with many believing the problem has been over hyped.

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Deleted Photos On Facebook Not Really Gone

October 15, 2010

Facebook has been under criticism once again from users because the leading social network is believed to be keeping deleted photos for more than 30 months.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the company admits to keeping photos for some amount of time after it is deleted. However, many users say that they are still able to access the photos via direct link even after years of deletion.

In one report, a user said that photos deleted 2.5 years back were still accessible. Another said a photo from April 2009 was still accessible after it was deleted.

Facebook was slammed by Bruce Schneier saying the social networking companies were deliberately killing privacy for commercial gain at the RSA Conference in London.

The problem is reportedly due to CDN known as content delivery network or content distribution network, which stores multiple copies of content on servers around the globe. The company said it is working on the issue.

So, if you think that your photos are gone once you delete them, then you are wrong. If you think that you are no more associated with Facebook once you permanently delete your account, you are wrong again. We are in for a long-term contract with Facebook even without realizing.

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