Facebook vows privacy fix 'in 24 hours'

September 27, 2011

After computer hacker Nik Cubrilovic revealed on his blog that Facebook was still collecting user data using cookies, even after users logged out, Facebook contacted him.

Cookies are small files that collect information about a user as they browse the Internet. After a 40-minute conference call, the social networking giant agreed to fix the problem within 24 hours. Read more