Sentences with phrase «access to user data on»

Some app developers may have found greater access to user data on Android attractive — as Facebook did.

Some app developers may have found greater access to user data on Android attractive - as Facebook did.

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Since Woebot functions through Messenger, Facebook would still have access to users» conversations (even if Woebot itself tries to protect the data on its end), which is why the company is trying to raise money for an independent app.

I find that access to data points on new users, new accounts, assets, funding, and so on gives the entire team insight into our customers» user experience.

Laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and Blackberries (wireless cell phone and PDA units) use wireless data transfer technologies to provide users with almost instant access to information stored on a company's computer networks and servers from just about anywhere within reach of a cell phone tower or wireless Internet transmitter.

But the cost of the phone isn't the point — if Amazon gets data on users» spending habits and preferential access to that spending, then the R&D costs will be well worth it.

If the user gives InVenture access to her or his mobile phone, the company can gather something like 10,000 unique pieces of data on the potential customer.

• The NSA has the ability to access user data for most major smartphones on the market, including Apple iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Google Android phones.

Major U.S. computer company Dell Inc said on Monday a security hole exists in some of its recently shipped laptops that could make it easy for hackers to access users» private data.

According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) research released on September 12, «by 2015, more U.S. Internet users will access the Internet through mobile devices than through PCs or other wireline devices.»

In a statement on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg said the company was going back and investigating apps that had access to «large amounts» of user data and planned to audit any app connected to «suspicious activity.»

The company had always given reporters access to data showing when users had last logged on, what terminal functions they used most, even transcripts of their chats with the Bloomberg customer help desk.

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.

Just last week, a company executive floated the idea of creating an opposition research arm to dig up dirt on critical reporters, while another Uber executive was accused of improperly accessing and displaying a specific user's data.

Zuckerberg faced tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media tools in the wake of reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

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.

There are still some functions available from the old platform, however, such as the ability to read public media on behalf of a user or to read a user's own media statistics, although the number of requests (the number of times your app accesses Instagram's data, useful for real - time updates) has been reduced to 200 from 5,000.

On Wednesday, after admitting that its system could have allowed «malicious actors» to gather data on most of its 2 billion users, Facebook opted to immediately remove access to several sets of data previously accessible to developers via Instagram and Facebook's APIOn Wednesday, after admitting that its system could have allowed «malicious actors» to gather data on most of its 2 billion users, Facebook opted to immediately remove access to several sets of data previously accessible to developers via Instagram and Facebook's APIon most of its 2 billion users, Facebook opted to immediately remove access to several sets of data previously accessible to developers via Instagram and Facebook's APIs.

Starting on June 15, Apple (AAPL) will require iCloud users to obtain app - specific passwords for any third - party programs that access iCloud data, Apple - tracking site MacRumors is reporting, citing a support e-mail the company sent to customers this week.

This has made already uncertain internet users even more hesitant to share their personal data with you — like their email and contact information or even logging onto your website by allowing you to access their information on their social media profile.

As a direct result of the Cambridge Analytica user information scandal, Facebook announced plans to restrict data access on their platform.

In the midst of the Facebook data scandal, the focus has been on privacy and the extraordinary access to users»...

«Cambridge Analytica is the big story on the topic, but there have been numerous stories about Facebook either selling user data or giving third parties access and using it to help advertising,» Mr. Deason said.

In 2014, Cambridge Analytica gained access to the Facebook data of tens of millions of people with a technique widely used during that time to collect information on Facebook users.

But the news that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, was able to gain access to private data through the social network has sparked an unusually strong reaction among its users.

Rather than taking it on trust that developers given access to masses of user data will do the right thing.

There are many applications that do not need to access the users» friends personal data (e.g. games, quizzes, apps that only post things on the user's page) but Facebook Ireland does not offer a more limited level of access than «all the basic information of all friends».

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for mistakes his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers» access to such information.

To re-establish trust with its uses, Facebook should consider appointing a data ombudsperson and establishing a group outside the company that have unfettered access to Facebook data and employees to ensure that Facebook is now, finally, honoring its commitments to users, and this group should periodically report its findings on Facebook's compliance.&raquTo re-establish trust with its uses, Facebook should consider appointing a data ombudsperson and establishing a group outside the company that have unfettered access to Facebook data and employees to ensure that Facebook is now, finally, honoring its commitments to users, and this group should periodically report its findings on Facebook's compliance.&raquto Facebook data and employees to ensure that Facebook is now, finally, honoring its commitments to users, and this group should periodically report its findings on Facebook's compliance.&raquto ensure that Facebook is now, finally, honoring its commitments to users, and this group should periodically report its findings on Facebook's compliance.&raquto users, and this group should periodically report its findings on Facebook's compliance.»

Since the data misuse scandal blew up last month, Facebook has said it is conducting a full audit of any apps which had access to «a large amount» of information before it changed app permissions on its platform in mid 2015 to prevent developers from being able to suck out data on Facebook users» friends.

It must also submit to privacy audits every two years for the next 20 years; bar access to content on deactivated accounts; and avoid misrepresenting the privacy or security of user data.

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News that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users has weighed not only on the shares of Facebook but on Alphabet as well.

A Bitcoin user has gone to court to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from accessing personal data of millions of users on Coinbase, a San Francisco - based digital asset exchange company.

Tech startups like Utopia Mobile are enabling access to Facebook and Twitter on feature phones without internet, using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology, the same technology which is used when a user needs to send a message to the operator to know his mobile balance.

If bigger competitors like Apple pay AT&T to allow their users to get access without a data penalty to their services, it will put pressure on smaller players that are looking to compete.

Hackers were able to access the user data on an Amazon Web Services account and managed to scrape names and email addresses for millions of users.

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...

Indeed, Twitter does not grant advertisers access to direct - messaging data, and users have to opt in to make their locations public on the platform.

Facebook shares have fallen around five per cent after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users.

WASHINGTON — Revelations that a political data firm may have gained access to the personal information of as many as 50 million Facebook users drew new bipartisan calls on Capitol Hill Monday for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the heads of other social media companies to answer questions from Congress.

Your Facebook business page gives you access to a powerful tool called Facebook Insights, which provides you with key data about your target market — including the users who visit your page; respond to your ads; and click, like, and / or comment on your posts.

Facebook said Friday a British researcher and his firm, Global Science Research, legitimately gained access to the personal data of Facebook users in 2013 while working on a personality prediction app, but the researcher violated Facebook's rules by passing it on to Cambridge Analytica.

Giovenco was most concerned with opening access, while Dawson focused on how to protect user data or prevent such companies from erasing Canadian culture.

Uber failed to notify some 57 million users that their data — including names, email addresses, phone numbers and driver's license numbers — was exposed when hackers accessed that information in 2016, newly minted CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement on Tuesday.

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.

Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of four defendants, two Russian intelligence officers and two state - sponsored hackers, for the theft of Yahoo user data in late 2014, as well as cookie forging to obtain access to user accounts on our network in 2015 and 2016.

Dimon was responding to a question about advice he'd give Facebook as the social media giant deals with the fallout from reports that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, was able to access data on 50 million users beginning in 2014.

With Cambridge Analytica, a third party gained access to user data and then gave or sold it to the data analytics company; there are other examples of third - party apps selling Facebook data to data brokers, which can then reuse it on Facebook and elsewhere.

Cambridge, originally funded by conservative political donor Robert Mercer, on Saturday denied that it still had access to the user data, and said it was working with Facebook on a solution.