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I believe Max Schrems, that young Austrian guy (who asked for the info FB had on him and received over 1,200 pages worth) told the press later about Facebook's 'shadow profiles'.

From an article I found,

* Shadow Profiles: Facebook is collecting data about people without their knowledge, using it to substitute existing profiles and to create profiles of non-users.



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