SafetyWeb

View a FREE sample report for your child.

SafetyWeb will never share or sell your child's personal information. View our Privacy Policy

Why Do You Need SafetyWeb?

SafetyWeb scans the web for public info about your child. We keep you informed on the security and privacy of your child, instantly alerting you to changes or dangers. Learn more »

Privacy: New York Senator Chuck Schumer Criticizes Social Networks

Posted by • April 26, 2010 • Printer-friendly

The New York Daily News reports that New York State Senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference today blasting Facebook and other social networking sites over allegedly profiting by selling their users’ private information to marketers.

Senator Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting that they set up guidelines to restrict data that websites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace can simply hand over to advertisers.

Last week, Facebook announced that the private data of their 400 million users would be made available to businesses.


Tagged as: , , , , , ,

1 Responses »

Trackbacks

  1. Privacy: Facebook Responds To Criticism with Changes | SafetyWeb Blog

Leave a Response


Please note: comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.

About this Blog

Welcome to the SafetyWeb blog. We set this up so that our employees and guest bloggers would have a forum to discuss pertinent and emerging topics related to online safety. We will cover topics such as Online Friends and Online Reputation Management. Our goal is to empower parents and protect kids and teens. To that end, we will often point you to any of our own internal reference articles, as well as external resources that we find useful. If you have any suggestions for topics you would like us to address, please send us an email. In the meantime, we hope that you enjoy this blog, our free resources, and the SafetyWeb product. Here's to online safety!

- The SafetyWeb Team

Creative Commons License
SafetyWeb Blog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Tags

admissions attack blog bullying cell phones college cyber bullying cyber laws cyber stalking education Facebook Safety Formspring friends google identity theft information sharing internet internet monitoring Internet Safety Internet Safety internet safety for kids MySpace Online Hackers Online Reputation parental control parenting parenting tips parent teen relationship Photo Sharing Safety Privacy online reputation safety Safety on Mobile Phones safetyweb schools Sexting Social Networking Safety social networking safety teens online health text messages Twitter video games videos virtual addiction YouTube

RSS Teens Online in the News