Has anyone else obtained such
access to user data under similar conditions?
Not exact matches
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.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm
under pressure during five hours of questioning by U.S. senators about a series of recent crises culminating with the latest involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that gained
access to data about up
to 87 million Facebook
users.
The social media giant is
under fire over its handling of personal
data following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained
access to personal
data of more than 50 million Facebook
users.
These articles revealed how Cambridge Analytica obtained
access to the personal details and lifestyle preferences of over 50 million
users by using a team of academics
to gather the
data under the guise of scientific research [NY Times, The Guardian].
Facebook has not always made it easy
to export
user information, and when start - ups like Power Ventures have sought
to access user data with consent
to power services that compete with the social network, Facebook aggressively combatted these features through technical measures and legal action
under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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Both panels, along with Senate Commerce, invited Zuckerberg
to appear before them after reports that Cambridge Analytica, a British big
data firm, obtained
access to private information of millions of Facebook
users under questionable circumstances.
The disclosure rules for Facebook come as the company is
under increasing pressure
to change its policies after it was revealed
data firm Cambridge Analytica received
access to user information, which in turn aided Donald Trump's presidential campaign in targeting its core supporters.
March 19, 2018 • Facebook is
under intense pressure after it admitted that Cambridge Analytica, a political
data - mining firm, got
access to massive amount of
user data.
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For example, the
user chooses
to access data on AAUs, ERUs, and CERs in the party holding accounts of France and Germany, then queries of interest should be selected
under the show item selection.
For IRC
users (commercial / business use): In this case I don't think you would have any legal basis
to store / process these chats / logs if they contain personal
data without a legal agreement with the
data controller which would require you
to put in place the same protections they have
to under GDPR but then allow your business
to access the
data for specific purposes.
Facebook (FB) is
under intense pressure
to answer these questions — and more — after it admitted that a company linked
to President Donald Trump's campaign had
accessed and improperly stored a huge trove of its
user data.
Both panels, along with Senate Commerce, invited Zuckerberg
to appear before them after reports that Cambridge Analytica, a British big
data firm, obtained
access to private information of millions of Facebook
users under questionable circumstances.
At a time when Facebook is
under fire for failing
to protect
user data, it is ironically facing a $ 33M fine for refusing
to allow police
access to WhatsApp messages between suspected fraudsters...
Under current
data protection rules,
users can make a Subject
Access Request
to individual firms
to find out how much information they have on them.
While Facebook has itself said there was no
data breach, considering that
users had authorised the app
to access the
data, it has also come
under severe criticism over how it handled the whole affair.
That would not necessarily mean that companies would be
under obligation report every personal
data leak, but that they will have
to employ measures
to prevent manipulation techniques from gaining
access to personal information, and if such techniques are occasionally successful, that they notify
users and consumers in due course, and that appropriate legal action is authorized
to ensure compliance.
On April 4, the company said that the personal
data breach might have affected about 87 million Facebook
users, while the Cambridge Analytica argued that
under the contract it had
access to the personal
data of no more than 30 million people.
The BJP's online showcase for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NaMo App, which is
under the spotlight in the wake of the debate over
data privacy in social media, asks
users to provide
access to as many as 22 personal features on their devices, including location, photographs and contacts, microphone and camera.
The company is coming
under increasing scrutiny after a political
data firm got
access to private information on 50 million Facebook
users.
And we can't forget Facebook: the social media giant recently came
under fire over its privacy practices in the wake of revelations that Cambridge Analytica improperly gained
access to data from some 87 million
user profiles, which is used
to target political ads and influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.