German Credit Agency Plans to Analyze Individual Facebook Pages - SPIEGEL ONLINE
A leading German credit agency plans to mine Facebook and other social networking sites in search of information that could have a bearing on a person's creditworthiness, according to media reports. But several leading politicians have criticized the plan.
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