MySpace Halts Tracking Sites

PC WORLD -- June 21 -- SingleStat.us was active for only 10 days before a cease-and-desist letter from MySpace caused its creator to shut down the site. SingleStat charged a small fee to be notified by email when the status of a MySpace user changed, from "in a relationship" to "single." On Tuesday, DatingAnyone.com, a Web site with similar functions was also shuttered after a warning from MySpace. MySpace bared its teeth citing California laws against hacking and federal trademark laws. Stalkerati enables searches at Friendster, Facebook, Technorati. MySpace appears to have added a script to prevent searches. FULL ARTICLE @ PC WORLD

Mark Brooks: Myspace needs to be seen to be very aggressively going after sites that may undermine their user privacy. (What user privacy).