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Not exact matches
The new laws, which require tech companies to
ask for
users»
consent for their data, are likely to hand Google and Facebook an advantage.
Facebook
users in the United States are scheduled in coming weeks to see a series of new
consent screens explaining how the company collects and uses personal data and
asking permission for these uses.
And Google came under fire for an updated European
user consent policy that has open - ended language, which critics said violated a tenet of European privacy rules that requires companies to
ask for
user consent in specific and explicit ways.
«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.
Facebook last week rolled out a new
consent form
asking users globally — not just Europeans — to accept its targeted advertising and to allow features like face recognition.
The shift to express
consent represents an important change that has forced many businesses to directly request
consent from their
users for the first time (if a business already has express
consent there is no need to
ask again).
Users merely select one of their Facebook friends or enter an email address, and that person is
asked to give
consent for their «child» to share sensitive info.
«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.
But this was no obstacle to data collectors: while Kosinski always
asked for the
consent of Facebook
users, many apps and online quizzes today require access to private data as a precondition for taking personality tests.
The new dating feature
asks Facebook's
users to trust the social network with yet more of their personal data — confidence that was severely dented after revelations that lax Facebook data policies enabled a political ad targeting firm to obtain data on 87 million
users without their
consent.
Facebook is spelling out in plain English how it collects and uses your data in rewritten versions of its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy, though it's not
asking for new rights to collect and use your data or changing any of your old privacy settings.The public has seven days to comment on the changes (though Facebook doesn't promise to adapt or even respond to the feedback) before Facebook will
ask all
users to
consent to the first set of new rules in three years.
We
ask that our
users not provide information about a baby or child without first getting the parents»
consent.
In a letter to Mr Zuckerberg, Mr Collins accused Facebook of giving answers «misleading to the Committee» at a previous hearing which
asked whether information had been taken without
users»
consent.
Speaking to The Washington Post's Law Blog, Frind said: «The fact that the Texas AG stopped one dating site from buying another dating site without
user consent is like
asking all Twitter
users to approve its IPO.»
If others desire to know more, have to
ask consent to the
user.
Koch Media reserves the right to
ask for written proof of parental
consent for any
user or potential
user we suspect is a minor.
The guidelines also note when an organization plans to introduce significant changes to the privacy policy, it should notify
users in advance and consider
asking users to confirm
consent prior to the changes coming into effect.
«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.
Damian Collins MP, who is leading the committee's inquiry into fake news, accused Facebook of giving answers «misleading to the committee» at a previous hearing which
asked whether information had been taken without
users»
consent.
When Facebook discovered a developer had shared
users» data without their
consent in 2015, it
asked both the original app and the consultancy to delete the data.
Mr Collins also criticised Facebook, saying his committee had «repeatedly»
asked the firm about how companies accessed
user data from the website and if information had been taken without
users»
consent.
In the complaint, EPIC
asks the FTC to investigate Facebook, determine the extent of the harm to consumer privacy and safety, require Facebook to cease collection and use of
users» biometric data without their affirmative opt - in
consent, require Facebook to give
users meaningful control over their personal information, establish appropriate security safeguards, and limit the disclosure of
user information to third parties.
In a letter to Mr Zuckerberg, Mr Collins accused Facebook of giving answers «misleading to the Committee» at a previous hearing which
asked whether information had been taken without
users»
consent.
«The committee 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,» wrote Damian Collins, chairman of the British committee.
Therrien told reporters that «in the world of new technology,» enforcing
consent is a difficult task, because the ways in which modern companies utilize
user data — for big data, machine learning or artificial intelligence — doesn't lend itself to
asking individual
users for
consent.
He was
asked if the Facebook would continue to be the EC's social media partner in the wake of reports that its
user data had been harvested by a company without the
users»
consent.
Huawei has been busted secretly installing bloatware on
users» phones without ever notifying them or
asking for their
consent.
Facebook has previously confirmed 270,000 people downloaded Kogan's app — a data harvesting route which, thanks to the lax structure of Facebook's APIs at the time, enabled the foreign political consultancy firm to acquire information on more than 50 million Facebook
users, according to the Observer, the vast majority of whom would have had no idea their data had been passed to CA because they were never personally
asked to
consent to it.
«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.
When
asked about this, Facebook stated that
users had in fact
consented to sharing their call and text logs when they agreed to let Facebook see their phones» contact lists.
Facebook is spelling out in plain English how it collects and uses your data in rewritten versions of its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy, though it's not
asking for new rights to collect and use your data or changing any of your old privacy settings.The public has seven days to comment on the changes (though Facebook doesn't promise to adapt or even respond to the feedback) before Facebook will
ask all
users to
consent to the first set of new rules in three years.
Former US officials David Vladeck and Jessica Rich told the publication that as the app never
asked for
consent from
users» friends, it could have broken the decree.
It also restricted roaming and data overages without the customer's explicit
consent — for instance, it required that carriers suspend service when roaming fees hit $ 100 CAD, at which point
users will get a text
asking whether they'd like to use more.
Since Facebook actually
asked the
users for their
consents, no matter how vague they are, to gather and store this data during the installation, it may actually be legal for Facebook to do so.
Make it clear that you are
asking the
user to fill out the contact form, because you would like them to
consent for you to send them more information or contact them through email.