Sentences with phrase «analytica access»

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it is investigating Facebook's privacy practices after it was revealed that the company allowed Cambridge Analytica access to the personal data of some 50 million Facebook users without their expressed consent.

While Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg was stumblingly apologizing for giving Russian - linked Cambridge Analytica access to over 50 million US Facebook users» personal data, news broke that Facebook had been scraping call and text message data from Android phones for years.

Zuckerberg took to Facebook to admit the company had made «mistakes» while outlining what had led to Cambridge Analytica access to data from Facebook users.

The report cites the people with knowledge of the campaign as saying suspected Israeli hackers offered Cambridge Analytica access to Buhari's private information.

While Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg was apologizing for giving Russian - linked Cambridge Analytica access to over 50 million US Facebook users» personal data, news broke that Facebook had been scraping call and text message data from Android phones for years.

Though the specific Facebook feature that gave Cambridge Analytica access to the data of millions of users without their permission is no longer available, what you willingly share can still be used to build up a detailed picture about you for targeting adverts.

As Tiffany C. Li explained in Slate this week, the company appears to be walking a fine legal line in which it denies a data breach — which would come with particular legal consequences — while also denying that it allowed Cambridge Analytica access to said data, as that would make Facebook responsible.

Last weekend's Cambridge Analytica news — that the company was able to access tens of millions of users» data by paying low - wage workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to take a Facebook survey, which gave Cambridge Analytica access to Facebook's dossier on each of those turkers» Facebook friends — has hammered home two problems: first...

While only 270,000 people accessed the app, those who did engage with it granted Cambridge Analytica access to not only to their own information, but to the data of all their Facebook friends.

Cambridge Analytica access to Facebook messages a privacy violation (18.04.2018) https://edri.org/cambridge-analytica-access-to-facebook-messages-a-privacy-violation/

When users agreed to take the survey, they inadvertently gave Cambridge Analytica access to not only their data but also that of their Facebook friends.

Last weekend's Cambridge Analytica news — that the company was able to access tens of millions of users» data by paying low - wage workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to take a Facebook survey, which gave Cambridge Analytica access to Facebook's dossier on each of those turkers» Facebook friends — has hammered home two problems: first...

How did Cambridge Analytica access Facebook data?

The Cambridge Analytica access was clearly outside the scope of what Facebook, and most of its users, authorized.

The FTC will also investigate whether Facebook allowed the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica access to some Facebook users» data in violation of its policies, according to the reports.

#deletefacebook,» Brian Acton, the cofounder of the messaging service WhatsApp, tweeted on Tuesday, the day the Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into how Cambridge Analytica accessed the Facebook data.

The fact that Cambridge Analytica accessed Facebook data allegedly without authorisation has landed both parties in hot water.

Facebook revealed today that Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal information of more than 87 million users, and not 50 million, as it was initially reported.

The Facebook CEO will testify after Cambridge Analytica accessed data from about 50 million Facebook users.

Facebook shares have gotten whacked, down more than 11 % since news broke over the weekend that Cambridge Analytica accessed data from 50 million Facebook users without their permission.

The average Facebook users has nearly 200 friends so if Cambridge Analytica accessed the friends of 270,000 users, the data of more than 50 million people could have been obtained.

After revelations that Cambridge Analytica accessed millions of Facebook users» data without their knowledge, embattled CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apologizing.

Then came news that London - based data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed an estimated 87 million Facebook profiles without permission and used that data for political campaigning.

Facebook increased its estimate of the number of user profiles Cambridge Analytica accessed from 50 million to 87 million.

Zuckerberg has also been invited to testify before the Senate Commerce and Senate Judiciary Committees, as lawmakers and others seek answers about how Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal information of 50 million Facebook users without their permission.

Per Bloomberg: «Cambridge Analytica accessed Facebook data from a professor who got permissions from 270,000 people taking a personality quiz app.

Original Post: Ever since reports emerged that data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed personal information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts and later used it to aid the Trump presidential campaign, we've heard nary a peep from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Cambridge Analytica accessed data from 50 million Facebook users during the 2016 US presidential campaign without the users» permission.

As we predicted earlier this week, the ongoing revelations about how startup Cambridge Analytica accessed and used data on up to 50 million Facebook users appears to have sparked a change of plan.

Cambridge Analytica accessed Facebook data from a professor who got permissions from 270,000 people taking a personality quiz app.

Facebook shares have gotten whacked, down more than 11 % since news broke over the weekend that Cambridge Analytica accessed data from 50 million Facebook users without their permission.

Couldn't any Facebook user with lots of friends who is sympathetic to Trump simply consent to Cambridge Analytica accessing the data for their friends?»

The social media giant has come under fire after it was revealed that data analysis company Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal data of over 50 million Facebook users without their permission.

Recent reports have indicated that Cambridge Analytica accessed data from more than 50 million Facebook users in order to target messages and boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

bleepingcomputer.com - Facebook revealed today that Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal information of more than 87 million users, and not 50 million, as it was initially reported.

Facebook revealed today that Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal information of more than 87 million users, and not 50 million, as it was initially reported.

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Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly gaining access to the sensitive user information for as many as 87 million Facebook users.

Apart from its proximity to the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook's announcement came just after someone alleged that a Facebook employee had been stalking women online by using their privileged access to the company's systems.

Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly gaining access to the sensitive user information of Facebook users.

Hawley's inquiry comes amid withering public and political backlash against Facebook for its role in allowing Cambridge Analytica to access information about its users and to possibly influence the 2016 presidential election campaign.

The FTC's reported investigation into Facebook is the latest development in a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, which The New York Times and The Guardian in explosive reports over the weekend revealed had access to the information of 50 million Facebook users.

After news that political research firm Cambridge Analytica was able to gain access to unauthorized user data through the guise of a personality quiz, Facebook found itself in hot water.

Damian Collins, the chair of the British parliamentary committee investigating the data breach, said that the ICO and Electoral Commission must have unfettered access to Cambridge Analytica.

The app cut ties with Cambridge Analytica in Mexico after the British company was accused by a whistleblower of improperly accessing data to target US and British voters in recent elections.

As of right now, there's no way to know for certain which information Cambridge Analytica had access to and eventually used.

In 2013, a third - party app developer named Aleksandr Kogan had access to 50 million Facebook users» data for academic research, and without permission, he distributed it to a consulting firm with ties to the Trump Administration, Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook subsequently limited developer access to user data in 2014, turning off the Friends data API that Cambridge Analytica now infamously used to gather its data.

Christopher Wylie, who helped start Cambridge Analytica before turning whistleblower, says Facebook's response to finding out about the company's unauthorized data access relied on the honor system.»

The company is facing questions from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic about how it handles personal user data after a pair of weekend reports by The Observer newspaper in the U.K. and The New York Times alleged research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

In its biggest crisis ever, Facebook is under fire over its handling of personal data following reports that political research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.