Linkedin sued over privacy leak allegations
Kevin Low, a Linkedin user living in San Francisco, claims that user IDs are passed on in such a way as to make it possible for these third parties to associate a particular user with a particular tracking cookie – thus removing their anonymity.
His complaint was filed last week in the District Court for northern California. Linkedin has yet to respond formally to the action but a spokesman told US media trade title Mediapost that it believes the case lacks merit.
Facebook has been similarly sued over an alleged leak of users’ identities via referrer headers.
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Hal Baird
14 years ago
Compared to Facebook, LinkedIn's user privacy is like Fort Knox compared to an open cash drawer. I and many associates have quit Facebook because of the policies it has created and doesn't follow. I have complete faith in both LinkedIn and Twitter, however.
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