Making matters worse, it was revealed that Facebook was
collecting call logs and SMS data of Android users which the company later clarified was being done to offer them better friend recommendations.
Not exact matches
It later came to light that Facebook
collects call and text
logs from Android users.
But some were surprised this week, when developer Dylan McKay downloaded his Facebook data to find out exactly how much was being
collected only to discover that Facebook had
logged all of his text messages and phone
call history.
Specifically regarding SMS history and
call logs, Facebook writes, «We also
collect contact information if you choose to upload, sync or import it (such as an address book or
call log or SMS
log history), which we use for things like helping you and others find people you may know.»
Conspiracy theories about it snooping on people through its microphone, and confusion about it
collecting SMS and
call log history likely pushed Facebook to give people details about what data it's slurping up.
The content of text messages on Messenger will not be
collected, and
call logs will be deleted after a year.
The government did not provide a reason why it had
collected the phone information — which included
logs from
calls made from journalists» personal lines.
Facebook is also being questioned over reports that it
collected years of
call and text
logs from Android users.
Companies
collect information on how we shop, doctors and insurance companies gather our medical test results, and governments compile
logs of our phone
calls and emails.
This includes the zipline for traversal, the ability to use fire to burn
log bridges and
collect rings and power - ups, as well as Sonic's new ability
called Drop Dash, which consists of the character doing a spin dash right after he hits the ground from a jump.
The new data policy also mentions that Facebook can «
collect contact information if you choose to upload, sync or import it (such as an address book or
call log or SMS
log history).»
Three Facebook Messenger app users have filed a lawsuit claiming the social network violated their privacy by
collecting logs of their phone
calls and text messages
Facebook added that only users who gave appropriate permission were affected, that it didn't
collect the contents of messages or
calls, and that users can opt out of the data collection and have the stored
logs deleted by changing their app settings.
However, not all of the data it
collects has been provided voluntarily, as Facebook has been scraping
call log and message data from your phone for years.
This includes limiting what apps can
collect from events, groups and pages; changes to the Facebook Login system where people can use Facebook to
log into other apps; updates to the Instagram Platform API; changing search and recovery to prevent profile scraping; making sure Facebook doesn't
collect the content of Facebook Messages or
call length; and the shutting down of Partner Categories.
On the same day that the state of Illinois sued Facebook over its alleged misuse of data that allowed Cambridge Analytica to download information on more than 50 million users, Facebook confirmed that it had been
collecting and storing
call logs and text message metadata for millions of Android users.
The firm stated that the Wireless Update app was
collecting large sets of personal data including
call logs, contacts, and text messages, which it then forwarded to a server in China.
According to report in ArsTechnica, other users have also reported a similar
call -
log data being
collected by Facebook.
Conspiracy theories about it snooping on people through its microphone, and confusion about it
collecting SMS and
call log history likely pushed Facebook to give people details about what data it's slurping up.
a commitment to only hold
call and text history
logs collected by the Android versions of Messenger and Facebook Lite for a year.
Facebook for years
collected detailed
call logs from users» Android smartphones, including the time of
calls, the names and numbers of
call recipients, and
call duration, according to a new report.
The company says it will delete all
call logs older than one year, and reiterated that it was not
collecting the contents of a user's message.
Shortly after the Facebook + Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, it was discovered that Facebook was also
collecting call and text
logs on people's Android phones and storing all of them.
Among Wednesday's changes: Facebook has added a section explaining that it
collects people's contact information, which may include
call logs and text histories.
Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social network violated their privacy by
collecting logs of their phone
calls and text messages, in the latest legal...
Then, some users who
logged in to Facebook through Android devices discovered that Facebook had been
collecting information about phone
calls they made and text messages they sent.
Facebook denied it has been
collecting data like
call and text
logs through Google's Android apps without user permission, after an Ars Technica report detailed the extent of the company's data...
This software was
collecting sensitive personal information from users including location data, text messages, and
call logs, and sending it to servers in China.
On Wednesday, Facebook said will delete all
logs after a year and in the future, the only information this tool will
collect from now on is the data that it needs to operate and «not broader data such as the time of
calls.»
-- Three Facebook Messenger users sued Facebook in federal court Tuesday (March 27) over reports that Facebook
collected logs of users» text messages and phone
calls.
Three Facebook Messenger users filed a lawsuit against the world's largest social media network of Tuesday, claiming the company violated their privacy by using the mobile app to
collect detailed
logs of their phone
calls and text messages.
When
collecting their data from Facebook, some of them discovered that Facebook had been
logging call and SMS data for years, and expressed their frustration online.
Facebook is now reducing the amount of data it
collects, and deleting old
call logs.
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