Sentences with phrase «companies accessed user 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.

The company accesses user data to connect users with drivers, but it is unknown what else the company does with user data.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Last week the company said it is rolling out a worldwide private network and load balancers of its own to speed file access for the 75 % of its half - billion users living outside the U.S. (Dropbox still uses AWS data centers in countries that mandate that user data stay local.)

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.

And should companies be allowed to encrypt user data so that agencies that do gain access see only gibberish?

New enhancements to the Premium edition include the ability to synchronize data from multiple users into a central database from inside or outside the company firewall and to assign access rights to specific contacts by users or teams of users.

Should companies give authorities «backdoors,» or easy access to their user data to investigate national security cases?

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.

Following the revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency had secured all - but - unfettered access to user data held by the largest U.S. tech companies, including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo, politicians and businesses around the world were struggling to figure out what exactly this news meant for them.

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.

The company is facing questions following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

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.

In the same interview, Sandberg acknowledged that Facebook should have notified as many as 87 million users impacted by the improper access of data by Cambridge Analytica and its partners, and that the company may discover other, similar breaches.

That data, downloaded over years of Facebook users freely giving apps such as games and personality quizzes access to their information, is largely still stored outside of Facebook's grasp by the private individuals and companies who built those applications.

Since then, the company has been trying to limit access of several parties to its user data.

Uber did not explicitly tell drivers that their movements are being tracked, but the company says it is informing users only when it needs to access the data after a company complaint.

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.»

The app permissions that led to 87 million Facebook users» data being harvested and sold to Cambridge Analytica may have also allowed access to those users» inboxes, the company confirmed today.

Customers are asking important questions: Why should they allow companies to track their activities and access their user data?

The firm has also been the subject of reports in recent days that the company improperly accessed the data of tens of millions of Facebook users.

The firestorm that erupted over Facebook's decision to ban Cambridge Analytica — and the ensuing revelations that the user data of 50 million Facebook users were accessed by the political consulting and marketing firm without those users» permission — has slashed Facebook stock and brought calls for regulation for social media companies.

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.

The company also quietly acknowledged that «most» of its 2.2 billion users likely have had portions of their data scraped and accessed by «malicious actors.»

And last month, the company became the target of a class - action suit by users who said it was improperly accessing their data.

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...

The NSA has worked with American and foreign tech companies to introduce weaknesses into commercial encryption products, allowing backdoor access to data that users believe is secure.

Because Facebook claimed that the Cambridge Analytica incident was not a «data breach» in the legal sense, it has not provided notice to users whose data was accessed; the company has promised to change that and notify all affected users.

Before apps gain access to Facebook users, the Silicon Valley company says it conducts «a robust review» to determine if apps have a legitimate need for users» data.

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.

Last week, the company announced some new limits to the user data that apps can access as part of its response to the crisis that isn't going away.

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

Specifically he said the company will restrict the data that third - party developers can access to names, profile photos and email addresses, and will require developers to sign a contract before being allowed to ask Facebook users for rights to their posts.

Facebook is building a tool that will let its users opt out of giving the platform permission to access their browsing history data, which the company...

Facebook is building a tool that will let its users opt out of giving the platform permission to access their browsing history data, which the company uses to sell targeted ads.

However, since Russian authorities may have direct access to communications data, Russian companies may not be aware of the frequency or scope of user information accessed by authorities.

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.

Companies must inform users for how long and for what reasons you're collecting data (terms of services and cookies) and if any other third - parties will have access

Jessi Hempel, Wired senior writer, and James Cakmak, Monness Crespi, Hardt & Company stock analyst, provide insight to Facebook's challenges after claims Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to user data.

Elizabeth Denham is seeking a warrant to access to the databases and servers of the company amid claims it improperly used data from Facebook users on behalf of political clients.

This weekend, the public learned data company Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed 50 million Facebook users» personal information to influence the 2016 election.

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.

A data breach at the company that develops New York State's third - through - eighth grade reading and math tests allowed an unauthorized user to access information about 52 students who took the tests by computer last spring, the state's Education Department said on Thursday.

The company feared that unauthorised foreign users could access the machines and illegally export data from them.

The extramarital dating site was subject to a massive data breach, with hackers accessing the personal information of over 37m users, along with sensitive company information.