Sentences with phrase «misuse of one's data»

Authors in this issue point out the use and misuse of data in education.
Another change the company announces on this day is that it will expand its bug bounty program to enable people to report misuse of data.
Unless the user changed their setting to block the built - in search function, they were vulnerable to potential misuse of their data.
And any collection, use or misuse of the data collected by those service I am not responsible.
Whatever you call it, misuse of data by app developers was hardly an unknown threat.
It also plans to expand its bug bounty program to report misuse of data.
Social networking company, Facebook says it has suspended about 200 apps on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of the data of private...
The investigation comes just three days after Cambridge Analytica — which was hired by the Trump presidential campaign and was once owned by right - wing hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer — was kicked off Facebook for the alleged misuse of data from up to 50 million users.
Facebook changed its policy in 2015 after concerns about misuse of data by third parties and a shift in strategy tied to its relationships with developers.
«Another issue is that the GDPR gives people rights to redress for misuse of data.
It also suspended the whistleblower Chris Wylie from the platform «pending further information» over misuse of data, along with his former employer Cambridge Analytica and its affiliates, and the academic they worked with, Kogan.
Pressure is growing on Facebook to explain its failure to protect customers against misuse of their data by a firm of political consultants.
In a testimony released by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, he told Congress in a written testimony that the social media network did not do enough to prevent misuse of data.
In the coming weeks we will expand Facebook's bug bounty program so that people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers.
The company's stock has fallen about 15 percent in the three weeks since Cambridge Analytica's misuse of data became public.
There are much more misuses of data in public education beyond those discussed above.
«The closing of Cambridge Analytica doesn't stop the problem that voters and consumers face in terms of a growing loss of privacy and a gross misuse of their data,» said Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy.»
This seems to be a case of misuse of data [by Cambridge Analytica].
«With every public violation of consumer trust be it through misuse of data or external threats, consumers today are paying more attention to the data they share, what organizations they share it with, and how it will be used,» said Scott Miller, CEO, Vision Critical.
Facebook's latest earnings report showed the company escaped its recent round of public scrutiny mostly unscathed, but a filing made this week with the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Facebook is expecting to find more massive misuses of data similar to the one that sparked the Cambridge Analytica...
Facebook's response comes after lawmakers in the U.S. and Europe called for investigations into Facebook's practices following the tech company's confirmation Friday of a previously undisclosed misuse of data.
I am the author of «Physics for Future Presidents», a popular book which describes many misuses of data in climate.
And their strategy garnered ConnCAN national fame, for the blatant misuse of data, as a way to mislead legislators, the media and the public.
Moving forward, Facebook says if audits of any apps show misuse of data, it will inform impacted users.
The attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts are demanding that Facebook hand over information regarding the alleged misuse of data culled from millions of users by a third party in an effort to influence the presidential election.
He said he was approached by Cambridge Analytica, which is being investigated by British and U.S. authorities for possible misuse of data.
If one or two rogue companies such as Cambridge Analytica — and not Facebook — are responsible for this mass misuse of data, perhaps the company can say more regulation is not needed.
«The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a notice to Cambridge Analytica, wherein the serious breach of propriety and misuse of data intended to profile and influence voting behaviour has been highlighted,» an official spokesperson said, adding that the firm has been given time until March 31 to respond to the notice.
«The issue of purported misuse of data by SCL / GSR / CA is incorporated in the investigation of the Information Commissioner's Office of political influencing... The Irish DPC is following up with Facebook Ireland in relation to what forms of active oversight of app developers and third parties that utilise their platform is in place with a view to ensuring it is effective.»
She noted that much of the activity under scrutiny took place before the law took effect, on Jan. 1, but was confident that it would cover continued misuse of data.
Facebook changed its policy in 2015 after concerns about misuse of data by third parties and a shift in strategy tied to its relationships with developers.
Last week, after five days of silence, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg issued a public apology and announced changes in the social media giant's privacy settings over Cambridge Analytica's misuse of data from 50 million Facebook profiles.
Denham said the prime allegation against Cambridge Analytica is that it acquired personal data in an unauthorized way, adding that the data provisions act requires services like Facebook to have strong safeguards against misuse of data.
At the recent State Department of Education meeting in which a group of school superintendents were instructed on how to mislead parents about their right to opt out of the Common Core SBAC testing scheme, one high ranking employee with the state department of education mocked concerns about the potential misuse of the data collected during the SBAC testing process.
This encryption protects the confidentiality of data exchange between you and our web server, and helps to prevent misuse of data, e.g. by interception.
Facebook also intends to expand its bug bounty program to include misuse of data in third - party apps, which isn't something typically found in this type of program.
The six - step plan includes reviewing the Facebook platform; informing users about data misuse, turning off access to unused apps; restricting Facebook's login data; encouraging users to manage their apps; and expanding the company's bug bounty program so that «people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers.»
For one, the social network is expanding its bug bounty program to reward people for reporting misuses of data by app developers.
The most recent of the thorns in Facebook's crown is courtesy the alleged misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.
The company's stock has fallen about 15 percent in the three weeks since Cambridge Analytica's misuse of data became public.
It can be argued easily that these steps are a long time coming, that Facebook shouldn't have had to be told about misuse of data by reporters, and that it should have verified Cambridge Analytica had indeed purged user data years ago.
Facebook is running an advertising campaign that acknowledges it has had a problem with fake news and the misuse of data and goes some way to apologizing for these issues.
At the heart of the issue is that this data trap for 300,000 users led to the misuse of data from their friends and family on the social network, and — it must be said — the data trap worked.
Mr. Zuckerberg has said the misuse of data represented a «breach of trust» by the company.
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