Facebook is one of if not the largest social networking websites to date. It is the home of millions of users, but did you know that if you are playing games and clicking on some applications that are featured on the popular site that your information and data could be shared or perhaps has been shared with advertisers and Web Tracking companies? According to a http://www.yahoo.com/, "Facebook said on Monday that it was talking to application developers about how they handle some personal data."
Facebook's statement came after The Wall Street Journal reported late on Sunday that it had found that several Facebook applications were "providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names" to advertisers and Internet tracking companies. The report said that all 10 of the most popular applications on Facebook, including games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, were transmitting user IDs to third parties. Three of those applications were also transmitting information about a user's friends, The Journal said.
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