Facebook "Beacon" Advertising Raises Privacy Concerns
Facebook is one of the largest social networking websites, with many millions of users registered. Recent additions to the underlying method by which its users are shown advertisements have generated new concerns about the types of information that Facebook collects from its users, and how that information is used. "Beacon" is the name of the system that shows the friends of Facebook users their purchases online. The Beacon system started out working with 44 initial online vendors, such as Blockbuster.com or Fandango.com, when a Facebook user would make a purchase on those sites (even if they were not logged into Facebook), the purchase would be listed on the user's news feed. This caused problems for many people around Christmas who had their presents for their friends or partners broadcast on their news feed, and spoiled the surprise. Additionally, this program was implemented without Facebook users' direct consent, and did not initially provide a way to "opt out."
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Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims for a class action lawsuit for Facebook users who made purchases and then had those purchases broadcast via the Newsfeed without their consent. If this happened to you please fill out the contact form below and a member of Seeger Weiss LLP's experienced staff will contact you to discuss your potential rights. Attorney consultations incur no obligation on your part. All initial consultations are free of charge and do not create an attorney-client relationship. Seeger Weiss LLP has office locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma, and its attorneys are available to practice in courts throughout the country.
Link To Lawyer Seek's Facebook Beacon Ads Content:
<a href='http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/Consumer-Protection-C21/Facebook-Beacon-Ad-System-P196/'>Facebook Beacon Ads: Lawyer Seek</a> |
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