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Which Websites Are Sharing Your Personal Details?

 Business, Online
Dec 072012
 

For an article coming out Saturday, the Wall Street Journal tested 71 popular websites that request a login and found that more than a quarter of the time, the sites passed along a user’s real name, email address or other personal details, such as username, to third-party companies.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal.

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