MySpace To Sell User Data

OnlyJedi writes "Hot on the news of Netflix canceling its latest contest over privacy concerns, news has spread that MySpace is going in the opposite direction. Apparently, the one-time leading social network is now selling user data to third party collection firms. From the article, the data that InfoChimps has listed includes 'user playlists, mood updates, mobile updates, photos, vents, reviews, blog posts, names and zipcodes.' InfoChimps is a reseller that deals with individuals and groups, from academic researchers to marketers and industry analysts. So if you're worried about your data on MySpace being sold off to anybody with a few hundred dollars, now's the time to delete that little-used account."

How Stupid do you have to be

[Anonymous Coward]

To let Rupert Murdoch own your personal information . . . geez!

Re:What is myspace?

[Anonymous Coward]

Specifically they're going to be tailoring ads specific towards you. They're going to know the music you wear

I don't care if they know the music I wear. As long as they don't know the clothes I listen to, I'll be OK.

Whew!

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

It's times like this I'm glad I'm with Facebook!

Re:So you think its really that easy?

[ircmaxell]

Well, unless I misunderstood their TOS, when you signed up, you granted MySPACE the right to do what it pleases with your data. By deleting your account, aren't you thereby revoking that right from MySPACE? So if you delete it today, and they sell it tomorrow, aren't they violating your rights (and hence are liable for the sale)... Or do I not understand this correctly?

Re:Deleting does no good

[FlyingBishop]

Let's face it, RL is all that actually matters.

Facebook is RL. I only have friends on Facebook that I want to talk to. Like any tool, you misuse it and it loses its efficacy.

Re:What's in the data?

[mea37]

No, you just need to work on reading comprehension. Here's a quick grammar lesson: In the sentence you quoted, I refered to the user multiple times in the 2nd person ("you", "your"). It should be clear to anyone literate that a 3rd-person pronoun ("they") is not referring to the same person as a 2nd-person pronoun in the same sentence.

"They" in "if they are up to no good" means MySpace, asshat.

Re:So you think its really that easy?

[postmasterfoo.com]

Well, quite. Any entity that shouldn't be sending me anything but insists on contact details anyway gets [e-mail], and the snail and phone details from whois foo.com

Dude, stop it! I'm so tired of all the spam you generate for my servers!! Just, please, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!