A 2011 settlement with the FTC required Facebook to improve its privacy settings so that third parties couldn't
acquire user data without their express knowledge or consent.
I also occasionally build (parts of) integration systems intended to allow third parties to
acquire user data.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D — VT) also asked why Cambridge Analytica, which was banned from Facebook last month wasn't banned in 2015 when Facebook first learned
it acquired user data inappropriately.
This firmly implies that a good user experience can not be guaranteed without
acquiring any user data.
Others are concerned that once
acquired this user data becomes a commodity that Amazon can hope to turn into profit.
Facebook verified that the firm had
acquired user data, but did not publicly acknowledge it.
This means that «there is no benefit to any government agency, hacker or company in
acquiring our user data.»
Not exact matches
At your
data collection points, whether you are looking to
acquire email addresses, phone numbers, payment information, social media logins or any other sensitive
data, let the
users know exactly what information they are giving your business and have them agree to it.
By the following March, they had spent more than half a billion dollars
acquiring two more companies: San Francisco - based MyFitnessPal, a nutrition - tracking system for people to log their meals, and Copenhagen - based Endomondo, a personal - training program whose
users are almost entirely outside the U.S.. Under Armour suddenly had not only the world's largest digital fitness community but hundreds of engineers and reams of
user data as well.
An unauthorized party
acquired user account
data on UnderArmour's MyFitnessPal app.
Comparably
acquires its
data from four sources: Comparably
users, publicly available documents, companies and recruiters.
Notes that Facebook and others charge per API call: it makes technical and financial sense for companies to retain
user data once
acquired.
With this, it's probably best if Facebook holds off on announcing new products that seem like a ploy to
acquire even more
user data.
However it appears it still may have again downplayed the total scale of the
data Kogan had
acquired from Facebook
users.
«We have repeatedly asked Facebook about how companies
acquire and hold on to
user data from their site, and in particular whether
data had been taken from people without their consent.
The
data was
acquired via a third - party app, and the company behind the app harvested information not just from the
users of that app but also from the Facebook friends of
users.
The
data was
acquired and processed by Cambridge University professor Aleksandr Kogan whose personality quiz app, running on Facebook's platform in 2014, was able to harvest personal
data on tens of millions of
users (a subset of which Kogan turned into psychological profiles for CA to use for targeting political messaging at US voters).
One developer told me they'd been inundated with requests from
users to delete their
data acquired through Facebook and add other login options, saying that the Cambridge Analytica scandal «really hurt consumer trust for all apps... even the good guys.»
«The Committtee has repeatedly asked Facebook about how companies
acquire and hold on to
user data from their site, and in particular about whether
data had been taken without their consent,» Collins writes in his letter.
How can Facebook be sure more
user data has not been misused, and how can the company identify other third parties that may have inappropriately
acquired or misused
user data?
Facebook is under fire for supposedly lax privacy measures that allowed Cambridge Analytica to retain the private
data of about 50 million Facebook
users that the company
acquired in 2015.
Cambridge Analytica used the personal Facebook
data of more than 50 million
users,
acquired through a third party, to create profiles of prospective voters and «microtarget» persuasive voting messages to them, according to a whistleblower who told his story to The Guardian and The New York Times.
Facebook's Custom Audience upload interface does not require advertisers or agencies to confirm
user data was rightfully
acquired.
Cambridge Analytica had been a topic of conversation for the past few weeks, due to its involvement with the Trump campaign and its malicious use of
user data acquired through Facebook.
The revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly
acquired the private Facebook
data of millions of
users set off government inquiries in D.C. and London, plunging Facebook into crisis.
According to Facebook, Cambridge academic Dr. Aleksandr Kogan was able to
acquire this
data by creating an app, called «thisisyourdigitallife» that prompted
users to answer questions for a psychological profile.
Yahoo, in the midst of getting
acquired by Verizon for $ 4.8 billion, was hacked and experienced a major
data breech that exposed several hundred million
user accounts.
Amazon's communications with borrowers made it plain that Amazon was
acquiring and keeping lots of information about library
users and their reading habits and using that
data to market goods to them.
Should The Hotel Erwin inadvertently
acquire personal information or any other
data from
users under the age of 18, The Hotel Erwin will not knowingly provide this
data to any third party for any purpose whatsoever, and any subsequent disclosure would be due to the fact the
user under 18 used the Site and submitted personal information without solicitation by or permission from The Hotel Erwin.
Because Monsanto knows how farmers really feel about climate scientists, it also recently
acquired a firm that specializes in synthesizing government and university climate - science
data for the purpose of issuing made - to - order forecasts tailored to
users» locations.
Meanwhile, Xact
Data Discovery, which recently
acquired Orange Legal Technologies, has achieved recertification in kCura's Orange - level Relativity best in service designation for outstanding and exceptional customer service for Relativity end -
users.
News outlets have recently reported that Cambridge Analytica, a
data analytics firm, improperly
acquired private information from approximately 50 million Facebook
users» profiles without
users» knowledge or consent.
But when SSRN was
acquired last year by academic journal publisher Elsevier, a sibling company to LexisNexis, some scholars and information professionals became concerned that SSRN's free access would eventually be locked behind a paywall (even though SSRN said otherwise) or exploited to mine and sell
user data.
Customer shall: (a) have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, and legality of all Customer
Data that is transmitted or otherwise provided to IEC and the means by which Customer
acquired Customer
Data; (b) ensure that all
users receive any required disclosures and appropriate training concerning the use of the Services; (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, the Services, and notify IEC promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; (d) promptly inform IEC when the number of Active Users increases; and (e) use the Services (s) only in accordance with this Agreement, the Documentation and any applicable
users receive any required disclosures and appropriate training concerning the use of the Services; (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, the Services, and notify IEC promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; (d) promptly inform IEC when the number of Active
Users increases; and (e) use the Services (s) only in accordance with this Agreement, the Documentation and any applicable
Users increases; and (e) use the Services (s) only in accordance with this Agreement, the Documentation and any applicable Laws.
Facebook will send out notifications on Monday to
users that were identified as having their
data possibly implicated in the Cambridge Analytica scandal or if a
user's
data was misused by companies that
acquired it.
One developer told me they'd been inundated with requests from
users to delete their
data acquired through Facebook and add other login options, saying that the Cambridge Analytica scandal «really hurt consumer trust for all apps... even the good guys.»
«We have repeatedly asked Facebook about how companies
acquire and hold on to
user data from their site, and in particular whether
data had been taken from people without their consent.
However it appears it still may have again downplayed the total scale of the
data Kogan had
acquired from Facebook
users.
Hoping to tamp down the furor that erupted over reports that its
user data was improperly
acquired by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has hired the digital forensics firm Stroz Friedberg to perform an audit on the political consulting and marketing firm.
Onavo, the
data - security app maker Facebook
acquired in 2013 in order gain insights into mobile
user activity across apps, has quietly launched a new app aimed at Android
users called Bolt App Lock.
In 2014, Cambridge Analytica
acquired data for roughly 50 million Facebook
users through a personality quiz app and reportedly used that
data to create voter profiles.
The firm is believed to have
acquired the
data of more than 50 million Facebook
users — the majority of whom did not willingly provide the information.
Lawmakers are hoping to pin down Zuckerberg on how his company allowed Cambridge Analytica, a controversial political
data analytics firm based in the United Kingdom, to
acquire the
data of more than 50 million Facebook
users without their consent.
7.3 If OnePlus is informed that the security of the
data it has
acquired and stored is compromised or the
user's nonpublic information is disclosed to an unrelated third party due to external acts (such as hacker attack), OnePlus will take reasonable actions (including but not limited to internal investigations, reporting and notification to law enforcement agencies, and cooperation with the law enforcement agencies) as it may consider appropriate, notwithstanding any disclaimer in this Policy.
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie's Facebook account was suspended after he came forward with allegations that Cambridge Analytica improperly
acquired users» profile
data.
Wylie went public in mid-March 2018 with revelations that Cambridge Analytica improperly
acquired data from millions of Facebook
users, and then used that information to psychologically profile people in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 election; their services had been retained by Donald Trump's campaign, he said.
It also threatened to sue to try to stop the Guardian from reporting on how the company
acquired 50 million Facebook
users»
data, reporter Carole Cadwalladr told CBSN on Saturday.
The hashtag he used has been trending since a scandal broke last weekend that Cambridge Analytica, a right - leaning political consultancy,
acquired and misused the personal
data of tens of millions of Facebook
users.
At the time, Facebook demanded and received a formal certification from the firm that it had deleted all
user data acquired through improper means.
Political
data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica still has not deleted the entirety of the Facebook
user data it
acquired through questionable means in 2015 despite requests that it do so, Channel 4 News reported.