If you rent a «connected» car and charge your smart phone or tablet using a USB cable, the car's system may
gain access to personal data on your device.
The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained
access to personal data from around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online ad spending and influence elections.
In recent days, a series of reports have detailed how Cambridge Analytica, a British data mining firm, gained
access to personal data on 50 million Facebook users and relied on it as part of its work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.
Second, Facebook will be cracking down on
developers access to your personal data, reducing the data apps are able to access when you use Facebook to login — restricting it to just your name, profile photo, and email address.
Throughout that period, «defendants made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that Facebook violated its own data privacy policies by allowing third
parties access to personal data of millions of Facebook users without their consent,» the complaint alleges.
But even with privacy settings, the app sparked fears that stalkers or criminals could identify strangers and gain
access to their personal data just by snapping their photos.
He also said that he's «not a believer in back doors,» the technical loopholes that companies could embed in their products that would give law enforcement
covert access to personal data.
Worries included
employer access to personal data, the wiping of personal data in the event that a device is lost or compromised, the tracking of one's location, and reduced performance due to the additional software running in the background.
Typically, these third - party app developers
require access to some personal data from the user's profile as well as data about their friends, said Yu Pu, a doctoral candidate in information sciences and technology.
Because of the laws
surrounding access to personal data, it is even more complicated for individual research groups working on human material to manage access requests and publish data in a secure and legal way.
One of the exceptions, laid down in Article 4 (1)(b) of the Transparency Regulation, provides for situations
where access to personal data is requested.
In essence, showing that the data subjects have a dual role in a context of apparent lack of impartiality may be considered sufficient to establish that there is a risk to the impartial and objective performance of official duties and demonstrating the need to get
access to the personal data involved.
Our affiliates, agents and third party providers who have
access to personal data obtained through the Allianz Global Assistance Website are obliged to respect privacy.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday broke Facebook's mysterious silence following news of several investigations into Cambridge Analytica's
access to personal data belonging to 50 million Facebook users.
On the crowdfunding site where Prof Carroll is raising money to fund his case, he wrote: «We are fighting for a legal principle that, in an age of
unlimited access to personal data, is fundamental: companies can not use your data in any way they see fit.
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.
According to reports, Facebook became aware of Cambridge Analytica's
access to personal data back in 2015, after which it demanded that the acquired information be deleted.
The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained
access to personal data from around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online ad spending and influence elections.
Facebook is facing questions of its data handling following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly
gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.
To prevent
unauthorized access to personal data, the KCC requires the exchanges to «install and operate an access control device such as an intrusion prevention system, [take] measures to prevent the tampering of the access record, [and take] encryption measures for secure storage and transmission of personal information,» the agency wrote.
Likewise, the Court observes that legislation not providing for any possibility for an individual to pursue legal remedies in order to have
access to personal data relating to him, or to obtain the rectification or erasure of such data, compromises the essence of the fundamental right to effective judicial protection, the existence of such a possibility being inherent in the existence of the rule of law.
Throughout that period, «defendants made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that Facebook violated its own data privacy policies by allowing third
parties access to personal data of millions of Facebook users without their consent,» according to the complaint.