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Beacon was launched on November 6, 2007 with 44 partner websites.[1] The controversial service, which became the target of a class action lawsuit, was shut down in September 2009
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On November 29, 2007, Stefan Berteau, a security researcher for Computer Associates, published a note on his tests of the Beacon system, and found that data was still being collected and sent to Facebook despite users' opt-outs and not being logged into Facebook at the time
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This revelation was in direct contradiction to the statements made by Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's vice president of marketing and operations
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On December 5, 2007, Facebook announced that it would allow people to opt out of Beacon.[8] Founder Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the controversy.
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On August 12, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed against Facebook, Blockbuster Inc., Overstock.com, Fandango, Hotwire.com, GameFly, Zappos.com, and any additional "John Doe" corporations that activated Facebook Beacon when they released their common member's personal information to their Facebook user friends without their consent through the Facebook Beacon program. The lawsuit alleges the release of the information was a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, Electronic Communication Privacy Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and the California Computer Crime Law.[10][11]
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On September 21, 2009, Facebook announced that it would shut down the service
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On October 23, 2009, a class action notice was sent to Facebook users who may have used Beacon.[14] The proposed settlement would require Facebook to pay $9.5 million into a settlement fund. The named plaintiffs (approximately 20) would be awarded a total of $41,000, and the plaintiff's lawyers would receive millions from the settlement fund
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Facebook set up a $6 million[citation needed] fund to establish an independent non-profit foundation that will identify and fund projects and initiatives that promote the cause of online privacy, safety, and security. Facebook also set up a website about the lawsuit, http://www.beaconclasssettlement.com/. Under the contingency fee arrangement with the plaintiffs, the law firms that filed the case would get a fee, likely to be $3–$4 million, but the average Facebook user would receive no monetary award
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Certain activities on partner sites were published to a user's News Feed
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shut down in September 2009
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online petition demanding that Facebook not publish their activity from other websites without explicit permission from the user.
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Beacon is a part of Facebook's advertisement system that sends data from external websites to Facebook, ostensibly for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. Beacon was launched on November 6, 2007 with 44 partner websites.
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- eBay
- Fandango
- Travelocity
- a number of IAC brands, including: CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, IWon, Citysearch, Pronto.com and echomusic
- AllPosters.com
- Blockbuster
- Bluefly.com
- CBS Interactive (CBSSports.com & Dotspotter)
- Epicurious
- ExpoTV
- Gamefly
- Hotwire
- Joost
- STA Travel
- The Knot
- TripAdvisor
- Travel Ticker
- TypePad
- viagogo
- Vox
- Yelp
- WeddingChannel.com
- Zappos.com
- Campusfood.com
Based primarily on Facebook's initial press release, the current list of Beacon partner websites includes:
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