Sentences with phrase «explicit consent of its users»

Facebook is in the spotlight for allowing the British data firm to scrape millions of profiles without the explicit consent of its users.

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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.

Wyden, one of the loudest digital privacy champions in Congress, wants the public to use Facebook's Cambridge Analytica debacle to demand that social networks obtain «explicit consent» from users before sharing their personal data with anyone — including advertisers.

It also notes that Facebook collects user data concerning sexual orientation, religious and political views «without the explicit consent of account holders».

• post, link to or otherwise publish any User Content which contains any confidential information of or about a third party except with such third party's explicit consent / authority;

Wyden, one of the loudest digital privacy champions in Congress, wants the public to use Facebook's Cambridge Analytica debacle to demand that social networks obtain «explicit consent» from users before sharing their personal data with anyone — including advertisers.

The social network has found itself back under FTC investigation, after revelations that earlier versions of its app policies allowed third - parties to extract the personal information of millions of users without their explicit consent.

«If Facebook moves ahead (with its plans), I would be wary of efforts that repurpose user data without explicit consent.»

He says that 270,000 people took the quiz but the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.

Christopher Wylie, who worked with Cambridge Analytica, alleges that because 270,000 people took the quiz, the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.

The first question specifically concerns Grindr's handling of information as sensitive to its user demographic as HIV status, and the second concerns the larger conversation regarding whether or not any user data should be shared with third - party applications without explicit and informed user consent.

He claims that 270,000 people took the quiz, but the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.

The regulation includes mandatory notification of any data breaches within 72 hours, and a requirement that sites get explicit consent from users in order to collect data.

Facebook's privacy practices have come under fire after revelations that Cambridge Analytica got data on Facebook users, including information on friends of people who had downloaded a psychological quiz app, even though those friends hadn't given explicit consent to sharing.

It has also been revealed that the firm accessed data of a user's friends as well, for which explicit consent had not been given and was in violation of Facebook's data policies for third - parties.

So perhaps it's worried it might risk losing this chunk of elite business in the US if American Facebook users have to give explicit consent to their political leanings being fair game for ad targeting purposes.

He alleges that because 270,000 people took the quiz, the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.

It also notes that Facebook collects user data concerning sexual orientation, religious and political views «without the explicit consent of account holders».

Tech companies sucking up large quantities of data indiscriminately without explicit user consent — especially in the intimate environment of one's home — is one of the primary fears of privacy advocates skeptical smart speakers won't be abused.

Moreover, the company has changed its policies to prevent the widescale collection of data without explicit consent from users and is investigating any further apps which may have behaved similarly.

The revelation came in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica reports that revealed how Facebook app developers were able to gather data about Facebook users without their explicit consent.

Apple is essentially capitalising on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which Facebook allowed an app to collect data on millions of Facebook users without their explicit consent.