Sentences with phrase «gained access to user data»

For one, though Zuckerberg repeatedly promised that Facebook would conduct a «full forensic audit» of which apps may have gained access to user data without their full consent before tighter rules took effect in 2014, he was unable to offer any details on if other companies had absconded with user data.

Tayler served as the company's chief data officer in 2015 when Facebook first raised concerns that Cambridge had gained access to the user data via British academic Aleksandr Kogan, in violation of the social network's terms of service.

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.

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.

According to Mr. Frind, a hacker from Argentina named Chris Russo co-ordinated a sophisticated two day attack on Plenty of Fish's servers in an attempt to gain access to user data and extort the site's owners.

Not exact matches

After news that political research firm Cambridge Analytica was able to gain access to unauthorized user data through the guise of a personality quiz, Facebook found itself in hot water.

The data breaches, which involved hackers gaining access to data for hundreds of millions of Yahoo users, took place in 2013 and 2014.

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

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.

In its biggest crisis ever, Facebook is under fire over its handling of personal data following reports that political research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Zuckerberg faced tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media tools in the wake of reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

In recent days, a series of reports have detailed how Cambridge Analytica, a British data mining firm, gained access to personal data on 50 million Facebook users and relied on it as part of its work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.

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.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm under pressure during five hours of questioning by U.S. senators about a series of recent crises culminating with the latest involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that gained access to data about up to 87 million Facebook users.

This change was made to ensure a third - party was not able to access a user's friends» data without gaining permission first.

Facebook is facing questions of its data handling following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

The social media giant is under fire over its handling of personal data following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Perhaps it was an inflated sense of public trust, an attitude of invincibility, or an unwillingness to own up to responsibility that led Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook executives to take a painfully long time to formulate a response to the news that data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to millions of its users» data three years ago.

In 2014, Cambridge Analytica gained access to the Facebook data of tens of millions of people with a technique widely used during that time to collect information on Facebook users.

But the news that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, was able to gain access to private data through the social network has sparked an unusually strong reaction among its users.

News that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users has weighed not only on the shares of Facebook but on Alphabet as well.

Facebook shares have fallen around five per cent after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook 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.

Facebook says a researcher, Cambridge University's Aleksandr Kogan, gained access to the data of 270,000 Facebook users in 2013 through a personality quiz app that required Facebook users to grant access to their personal information including friends and «likes.»

Facebook said Friday a British researcher and his firm, Global Science Research, legitimately gained access to the personal data of Facebook users in 2013 while working on a personality prediction app, but the researcher violated Facebook's rules by passing it on to Cambridge Analytica.

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.

The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained access to personal data from around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online ad spending and influence elections.

He used the term a «breach of trust» to describe the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political data firm linked to Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign gained access to information on some 50 million Facebook users.

The professor, a Russian American named Aleksandr Kogan, used the app to gain access to demographic information — including the names of users, their «likes,» friend lists, and other data.

In the case of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook says a researcher from Cambridge University, Aleksandr Kogan, used a personality quiz app in 2014 to gain access to the data of 270,000 Facebook users, including their friends and «likes.»

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The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

It was a Palantir employee in London, working closely with the data scientists building Cambridge's psychological profiling technology, who suggested the scientists create their own app — a mobile - phone - based personality quiz — to gain access to Facebook users» friend networks, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.

But the news that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, was able to gain access to private data through the social network has sparked an unusually strong reaction among its users.

Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users» data starting in 2014.

The federal investigation and threats followed recent news that the data collection firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

In the case of the WannaCry attack, the software (Windows XP) had a security «flaw» (vulnerability) and the attack exploited that flaw to gain access to the system and encrypt users» data.

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Users gain access to their desktop, their data and applications seamlessly, and pick up exactly where they previously left off.

Then it emerged that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users.

If attackers gain access to a user's credentials, they can watch activities and transactions, manipulate data (truly, the manipulation of data may be scarier than a data breach), return falsified information and redirect clients to illegitimate sites.

Once you have a solid, modern website that users can access from any device (this is called a «responsive website») and the Google Analytics tracking code installed, you'll can use the GA ABC's to monitor and gain insight into data that will help you make better decisions to help you grow your business.

iStick allows users to easily, quickly and safely transfer data between computers, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches without the need for iTunes, Internet, wireless networks or the Cloud where hackers and others (like NSA) may gain access.

The Facebook Container add - on is one of several steps Mozilla has taken to distance itself from Facebook following the disclosures that Cambridge Analytica gained access to 50 million users» data without permission during the 2016 presidential campaign.

It was learned late last Friday that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked with Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, gained access to the personal data of roughly 50 million users without their permission.

It was a Palantir employee in London, working closely with the data scientists building Cambridge's psychological profiling technology, who suggested the scientists create their own app — a mobile - phone - based personality quiz — to gain access to Facebook users» friend networks, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.

The shady analytics firm is believed to have gained access to personal data from around 50 million of Facebook's users, which it employed to inform online ad spending and influence elections.