 By 2007, it was determined that sufficient computing device testing had been completed using various software programs, and a new litigation strategy developed to "test" the courthouse.This research culminated in Attorney Malley filing a Federal Class Action against Facebook, and thirty-three companies, including Blockbuster, Zappos, and Overstock, due to privacy violations caused by the Facebook Beacon program.This program resulted in users' private information, obtained from third-party affiliate marketing websites, being posted on Facebook without consent.