Two House members asked Facebook Inc. for more details about the way applications on the social network handle user information, following revelations of new privacy concerns.U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D., Mass.) and Joe Barton (R., Texas) sent Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg a letter expressing concerns that “third-party applications gathered and transmitted personally identifiable information about Facebook users and those users’ friends.” The two representatives are co-chairmen of the House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus.
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