«We're going to go now and investigate every app that has access to a lot of information from before we locked down our platform, and if we detect any suspicious activity we're going to do a full forensic audit and make sure that nobody out there is
improperly using data, and that, I think, is the responsibility that we have to people in our community.»
Consultancy Cambridge Analytica is accused of
improperly using data from millions of Facebook users on behalf of political clients.
Cambridge Analytica is accused of
improperly using the data on behalf of political clients.
This, despite the fact that the campaign had hired a data company Facebook knew was
improperly using its data.
And if we find that someone is
improperly using data, we'll ban them and tell everyone affected.
Facebook revealed on Friday that a voter profiling firm hired by Donald Trump and other Republicans had
improperly used data from 270,000 users of the social media platform.
In March, allegations surfaced that Cambridge Analytica, hired by Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign,
improperly used data of 87 million Facebook users.
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.
According to news reports, London - based Cambridge Analytica
improperly used data from 50 million Facebook users to sway potential voters in the election, breaching Facebook rules.
Facebook revealed on Friday that a voter profiling firm hired by Donald Trump and other Republicans had
improperly used data from 270,000 users of the social media platform.
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.
The information commissioner is investigating whether the firm
improperly used data from some 50 million Facebook users to target voters with ads and political messages
Not exact matches
How to Avoid a Social Media Lawsuit: Steps for Businesses to Take At the very least, make sure that your employee social media policy is outlined clearly, that the content your business is publishing is not copyrighted or trademarked, that you
use full disclosure to abide by FTC guidelines and that you don't
improperly share user
data.
China's central bank has issued Alipay a fine of around $ 28,500 US dollars for violating rules in three main aspects: failing to protect consumers» rights,
improperly gathering and
using personal
data, and for misleading product promotion.
Zuckerberg and Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, had been quiet since news broke Friday that Cambridge may have
used data improperly obtained from roughly 50 million Facebook users to try to sway elections.
He was responding to questions at the annual Boao Forum in China over the recent revelation that personal
data of Facebook users may have been
improperly shared with political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which in turn allegedly
used the
data to influence the 2016 US presidential election.
Facebook will warn 87 million users, mostly in the U.S, that their
data «may have been
improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica by apps that they or their friends
used», the company just announced.
In his view the company also needs to create systems to audit third party
data collection and sharing «on an ongoing basis» — and thereby «hold third parties to their promises by engineering controls and contractual lockups» — including «effective remedies when third parties break the rules — including enforceable rights to audit, retrieve, delete and destroy
data improperly acquired or
used, and liquidated and actual damages for violations».
However, the company might still have been able to help these campaigns to optimize their ads, so a 2015 ban wouldn't have necessarily prevented second - hand
use of
improperly attained
data.
The latest allegations — that a Trump campaign consulting firm with Russian connections
used improperly obtained Facebook
data on tens of millions of Americans to target voters — raise disturbing questions about the roles of both Facebook and Russia.
That's the question many Americans are asking after revelations that a
data - mining firm working for the Trump campaign
improperly got its hands on the personal information of tens of millions of Facebook users and created detailed profiles that were
used to target unsuspecting voters in the presidential election.
In a statement today, the social - media giant estimated 622,161 Facebook users in Canada had their
data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica through apps
used by themselves or their friends.
The Apple chief has also called for stronger
data privacy regulations in light of the scandal, which saw the
data of 50 million Facebook users
improperly harvested and
used for political purposes.
Since Friday, Facebook has been on the defensive over reports that Cambridge Analytica
improperly obtained
data on 50 million users, information that it tried to
use to influence the 2016 U.S. elections and Brexit referendum.
The Federal Trade Commission confirmed that it has opened an investigation of Facebook following reports that a
data analysis firm
used by the Trump campaign
improperly accessed the names, «likes» and other personal information from at least 30 million users on the social site.
Dominic Cummings says move would prove campaign did not
use data gathered
improperly by Cambridge Analytica
Facebook said Monday morning it had suspended roughly 200 apps amid an ongoing investigation prompted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal into whether services on the site had
improperly used or collected users» personal
data.
Reports emerged recently that
data mining firm Cambridge Analytica
improperly used information from as many as 87 million accounts on the social network, prompting Facebook to suspend the UK - based company.
Late on Friday, Facebook made an unexpected announcement: The
data firm Cambridge Analytica, hyped as integral to President Donald Trump's election, was suspended from the social network for
using data collected
improperly from Facebook users.
A former employee of Cambridge Analytica, who claims the firm
used the personal
data of Facebook users
improperly, has called for assurances that the Brexit vote was made «fairly».
Mr. Zuckerberg, 33, was trying to quell the crisis over the disclosure last weekend that Cambridge Analytica had
used data that had been
improperly obtained from Facebook as the firm worked on behalf of Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign.
The reality is this: the science in the 2015 paper is impeccable and has been replicated and confirmed by other research groups publishing in peer - reviewed journals;
data used in the paper were not experimental, biased or
improperly archived; and the paper was not rushed to publication.
Pritchard appears to have
improperly used a particular
data set — an error that was reported to the journal by two outside experts within weeks after the paper was published.
And having the credit card number written down is no riskier than giving it to someone to process in the back room (they can not only write down whatever they want, but they can also
use a small machine to
improperly read all the
data on the magnetic strip.)
Then, instead of throwing out the
data as hopelessly compromised and starting the experiment over with these factors corrected, you (a) do a study estimating how miscalibrated, how defective and how
improperly located your instruments were and apply adjustments to all past
data to «correct» the improper reading, (b) you do a study to estimate the effect of the external factors at the time you discover the problem and apply adjustments to all past
data to «correct» the effects of the external factors even though you have no idea what the effect of the external factor actually was for a given instrument at the time the
data was recorded, because you only measured the effect years later and then at only some locations, (c) you «fill in» any missing
data using data from other instruments and / or from other measurements by the same instrument, (d) you do another study to determine how best to deal with measurements from different instruments over different time periods and at different locations and apply adjustments to all past
data to «correct» for differences between readings from different instruments over different time periods at different locations.
Both of them agree that the current research is over simplified, faulty assumptions, based on
data used improperly.
That this person reasonably understood the statement to mean that Michael Mann had
used falsified or
improperly selected
data and computer programs in creating his hockey stick graph;
Political Consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, has been accused of
improperly using Facebook
data on behalf of their political clients.
Facebook said Monday morning it had suspended roughly 200 apps amid an ongoing investigation prompted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal into whether services on the site had
improperly used or collected users» personal
data.
Although I don't see massive
data breaches in public clouds, I see businesses
use public clouds
improperly.
The computer expert who alleges a trove of Facebook
data was
improperly used to help Donald Trump's White House bid said Tuesday that he strongly believes the information was also
used by the Brexit movement that persuaded Britain to quit the European Union.
Facebook today revealed that as many as 87 million users, most of them in the US but at least 1 million in the UK, may have had their information
improperly obtained and
used by the
data mining firm Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook will warn 87 million users, mostly in the U.S, that their
data «may have been
improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica by apps that they or their friends
used», the company just
In his view the company also needs to create systems to audit third party
data collection and sharing «on an ongoing basis» — and thereby «hold third parties to their promises by engineering controls and contractual lockups» — including «effective remedies when third parties break the rules — including enforceable rights to audit, retrieve, delete and destroy
data improperly acquired or
used, and liquidated and actual damages for violations».
A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that the
data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica
used data improperly taken from Facebook by a third - party app to influence voters in the 2016 Presidential election.
Facebook will warn 87 million users, mostly in the U.S, that their
data «may have been
improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica by apps that they or their friends
used», the company just announced.
A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether
data has been
improperly used to influence elections.
Two Republicans running in competitive California congressional races contracted with Cambridge Analytica, the political
data firm embroiled in controversy over its
use of
improperly obtained personal information from more than 50 million Facebook users.
The admission comes at a challenging time for the Menlo Park social media giant, which is still reeling from the fallout of the British political
data firm Cambridge Analytica
improperly collecting the personal information of millions of Americans on Facebook and
using it for political campaigns, such as Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign.
Zuckerberg and Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, have been quiet since news broke Friday that Cambridge Analytica may have
used data improperly obtained from roughly 50 million Facebook users to try to sway elections.