Facebook has said that it has "fixed" cookies that could have tracked users after they logged out of the site.
The issue was brought to light by an Australian blogger who has conducted a year-long analysis of the social network's use of cookies.
He concluded the company might still be able to track members' web browsing after they logged out, albeit only on websites that integrate with Facebook...
...The blogger who first highlighted the issue, Nik Cubrilovic, wrote about the issues in detail on his blog on Sunday.
He said that he had informed Facebook about the issue a year ago but there was no response from the firm until his blog post was widely reported across the net.
In an update to his blog Mr Cubrilovic acknowledged the changes that Facebook had made.
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