“Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said Wednesday he would hold a hearing to look into reports that Facebook tracks its users on the Web after they log out,” Jessica Guynn blogs for The Los Angeles Times.
“Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said the company uses cookies to personalize content and keep accounts secure,” Guynn reports. “‘When someone logs off of Facebook, we delete certain cookies and reduce the amount of information we receive when the person visits websites that contain social plug-ins such as the Like button,’ he said in an emailed statement. ‘We have made these practices clear in our Privacy Policy and Help Center since the launch of social plug-ins. We appreciate Sen. Rockefeller’s interest in protecting consumer privacy and look forward to discussing this with him.'”
Guynn reports, “He also said that Facebook does not sell users’ information to third parties and deletes or anonymizes data within 90 days.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward Weber” for the heads up.]