Facebook Data

Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users On Data: US Probe

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday December 9, 2019

US regulators concluded Friday that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica -- at the center of a massive scandal on hijacking of Facebook data -- deceived users of the social network about how it collected and handled their personal information.

Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users, US FTC Finds

Reuters | Saturday December 7, 2019

US regulators on Friday said they had found now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data for voter profiling and targeting.

Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Accessed Users' Data For Months

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 6, 2019

In yet another data breach, Facebook on Wednesday revealed that at least 100 app developers may have accessed Facebook users' data for months, confirming that at least 11 partners "accessed group members' information in the last 60 days".

Did Facebook Data Help Trump? Netflix's The Great Hack Documentary Explores Scandal

Associated Press | Thursday July 25, 2019

The new documentary The Great Hack captures how Facebook's cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a threat to democracy.

Facebook Taps Users' Location Data To Defend Its Employees From Threats

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday February 15, 2019

Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or its workers, the social network said Thursday in response to media reports of the security tactic.

Need To Have Tougher Control Over Facebook: German Watchdog

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday February 8, 2019

Facebook users should be asked for consent before there data are collected by the group's subsidiaries like Whatsapp, Instagram and when third-party websites is combined with their social network account, Germany's competition authority said

"We Don't Sell People's Data," Says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 25, 2019

Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday renewed his defense of the social network's business, arguing that targeting ads based on interests was different from selling people's data.

Trump Campaign Firm Cambridge Analytica Pleads Guilty In Facebook Data Case

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 10, 2019

A UK consultancy working on Donald Trump's US election campaign pleaded guilty and was fined by a London court Wednesday over its refusal to release personal data it secretly hoovered off Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg Sees "Progress" For Facebook After A Controversial 2018

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday December 29, 2018

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Friday the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing its systems against manipulation and misinformation.

Facebook Breaches: What Can You Do to Protect Your Data

Associated Press | Friday December 21, 2018

Is there anything users can do to protect their data without walking away from Facebook altogether?

Facebook Defends Data Sharing After New Report on Partner Deals

Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 20, 2018

The New York Times late Tuesday reported that some 150 companies could access detailed information about Facebook users, including data about their friends.

Facebook Shares Drop as Data Privacy Fallout Spreads

Reuters | Thursday December 20, 2018

Investors are concerned about snowballing legal and regulatory efforts over data use polices that have upset many customers and could carry significant penalties and costs.

Facebook Sued By Top US Lawyer Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

World News | Tony Romm, Craig Timberg, Aaron C. Davies, The Washington Post | Thursday December 20, 2018

Nine months after a whistleblower revealed that Facebook had allowed outsiders to improperly access personal information about millions of its users, the social media giant faced its first major rebuke from regulators in the United States - a lawsuit filed by the attorney general of the District of Columbia.

Users Gave Permission To Companies To Access Data: Facebook

World News | Reuters | Thursday December 20, 2018

Facebook Inc said it did not give companies access to personal data of users without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the social network allowed some tech giants far greater access to data than it had disclosed.

Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities

World News | Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm, The Washington Post | Thursday December 6, 2018

The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.