Facebook has faced objections from users and privacy groups since it launched the Beacon program earlier this month. Facebook has apparently seen the light, making changes to the Beacon program to make it an opt-in program, rather than an opt-out...
Privacy watchdog MoveOn.org has posted an online petition demanding that Facebook respect the privacy of users by making it easier to opt out of the "Beacon Ads" program, where actions Facebook users take on partner sites are added to their...
In addition, Facebook has partnered with 44 Web partners in the Beacon program, which will allow users to incorporate their user data from other sites into their Facebook profile. So users can do things like share their movie plans, using data from...