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Take Back Your Privacy with the My Data is My Data Plug-In

To counter the possibilities for sites such as Facebook to collect personal data from its users MyDataIsMyData.org has created this free plug-in: a toolbar that will allow users several different options to monitor and delete Cookies, offline content and track visits to Facebook Beacon collaborator companies. Once downloaded, this toolbar allows a user to decide how often he or she would like certain Cookies deleted. The user can choose to delete Facebook cookies, Facebook Beacon collaborator companies’ cookies, both, all cookies, or none. The user may also choose to delete all or no offline content at various time intervals. The user can set up the toolbar to notify him or her of visits to Facebook Beacon collaborator website. It will also feature a drop-down list of these collaborators updated on a daily basis through the MyDataIsMyData.org website.

More on the My Data is My Data Plugin-In

This plug-in is a work in progress meant to help the online community feel that their private information is their own and not for sale unless they approve. The developers are hoping to receive feedback, bug reports and suggestions from its users. Support for users of the toolbar will be provided though a forum on Flugpo.com. The features MyDataIsMyData.org is offering are meant to protect the user’s privacy and also allow him to be more conscious of the way his private information is can be used.

An Important Note Regarding Privacy

Flugpo is build upon a fundamental respect for the members of our community - a community of which I, as CEO, am a member. This respect means that FLUGPO recongnizes that we all want our privacy to be honored. Unlike other social networks which sell member information for marketing purposes, you have our assurance that we will neither spy on our members nor sell or volunteer information about our members to any other company or agency without your approval.

We believe that each us has the right to own and control our data - and our privacy. In this regard, we are different. We believe that your personal data belongs to you. We may be the only networking site to do this, but this is the kind of privacy I want for my friends and myself, so it is the kind of privacy Flugpo makes sure all our members enjoy.

Flugpo is a safe place for community, a safe place for privacy, and a safe place for your personal data. Privacy and respect for our community members is the basis upon which Flugpo has been built, and I guarantee you that is the way things will always stay as long as I am running this company.

David Metz, CEO of Flugpo

What is My Data is My Data?

In response to the growing concerns that social network site user’s have had over privacy, Flugpo has sponsored the development of a plug-in to help counteract the collection and sale of personal information. This plug-in will be available through MyDataIsMyData.org. Selling private information for profit unbeknownst to the user’s is an abuse of their trust and MyDataIsMyData.org hopes to empower these user’s by allowing them to control the amount of personal information that they make visible.

Why Was My Data is My Data Created?

MyDataIsMyData.org was created as a direct response to the Facebook Beacon uproar which broached many privacy concerns for users of social network sites. The Beacon controversy was centered on Facebook setting up agreements with online retailers (such as Amazon.com or Blockbuster) to facilitate the use of Facebook user’s information. When a Facebook user purchased something with one of the participating online retailers a message would be sent to the user’s “friends” on Facebook notifying them of the his or her endorsement of the retailer.

Isn't Facebook Beacon Optional/Opt-In?

Facebook Beacon was meant to be optional; a buyer/Facebook user could choose to opt out of letting their friends know about their last purchase. However, there were several instances when personal information from the Facebook Beacon network was sent to the user’s friends without his or her approval. This is just one example of many ways in which social network sites have been working to monetize their user’s experience.

Facebook and its Advertisers are Spying on You Right Now

Although Facebook has stopped publicizing their user’s personal information on purchases to their Facebook friends it has not stopped spying on its users and selling their personal information for profit. MyDataIsMyData.org is hoping to empower the concerned social network site user by allowing them to control the amount of private information that can be seen by these sites and to stop the sale of his or her personal information. MyDataIsMyData.org also wants to help the user be aware of which retailers are using this method of data collection so he or she can choose to avoid those retailers.

About Flugpo

Flugpo was developed to be a place where people can go to make friends, share photos, network professionally, share ideas, buy and sell items & list and locate jobs. As an online resource for eveyday people, Flugpo creates opportunities for businesses to promote their services. Aside from the professional aspect, Flugpo is a great community for people to make new friends, share common interests and reach out to like-minded individuals and discuss current topics, review top movies and share stories.

Flugpo is often referred to as "Myspace meets Craigslist" by their staff and members. Created in the 2007, Flugpo takes an interesting approach to classified listings by eliminating the anonymity features found with Craigslist and allowing the members to connect with one another. “The classifeds, as the world knows them now has no community, said David Metz, founder of Flugpo. Each classified posting is linked to the profile of the member posting the ad. Given the current landscape of Internet safety, Flugpo is quick to address safety concerns by connecting all classified listings with a "face and name."

To learn more visit www.flugpo.com or email David Metz, CEO, at davidmetz@flugpo.com