I just bought a movie ticket on Fandango.com and instantly saw a "profile story" in my Facebook.com account. Fandango did NOT ask me if I want this event to be sent to Facebook. At first, I got freaked out a bit because I wasn't sure what data Fandango has sent to Facebook. Is my credit card number safe?, etc.. Later I found out that Facebook allows me to explicitly decide, if I want the profile story be added to my News Feed (OK!, not too bad) and data that Fandango sent to Facebook is really not a big deal (just the movie name). Still, I am not comfortable trusting Facebook to get "profile stories" from the any web site that I interact with and I certainly would have appreciated if Fandango had asked me before telling Facebook about my purchase....Privacy continues to be a big challenge for Facebook.....On this occassion, I am not happy!
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