Sentences with phrase «obtain user permission»

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Cambridge Analytica is accused of obtaining the data of 50 million Facebook users via a quiz app without their permission.

The new law, coupled with an impending new EU ePrivacy rule, will require online services to obtain permission from all their users for any data they take.

The company has been on the defensive after reports that political data firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.

The FTC agreed in November 2011, faulting Facebook for making some information, such as users» friend lists, viewable by the public without first obtaining those users» permission.

On Friday, Facebook announced that it had suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica for violating the social media company's terms and conditions by obtaining user data from a third party source without users» permissions.

The move comes in the wake of revelations that Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, obtained the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.

Zuckerberg's apology follows news last week that information from more than 50 million Facebook users was obtained without permission by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics consultancy hired by the Trump campaign for the 2016 presidential election.

Zuckerberg's remarks were his first since bombshell reports from The New York Times and The Guardian / The Observer alleged British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained and retained the personal information of 50 million Facebook users without their permission — 30 million of them with enough details to match users to other records and build profiles of them.

Facebook acknowledged that it allowed Kogan — a University of Cambridge researcher in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience who obtained the data through his role at a company called Global Science Research — to collect that information with user permission.

Previously, he was co-director of Global Science Research, the company that obtained information on Facebook users and their friends through permissions they gave a personality quiz app.

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While today, in order for personal data to be sold, ISPs must get user permission by requiring that the user «opt - in,» the repeal will no longer require that ISPs obtain that consent.

Going forward, rather than obtain permission from you to introduce possible advertising products we have not yet developed, we are going to take the time to complete our plans, and then come back to our users and explain how we would like for our advertising business to work.

«Although software controls in Second Life are supposed to require that an object obtain permission before animating an avatar, it is not difficult to imagine a situation where a combination of skillful scripting and social engineering could lead to one user's control of another (unwilling) user's avatar, particularly if the victim is new to virtual worlds and unfamiliar with the often bewildering array of controls, dialog boxes, and objects.»

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Amid the fallout over the revelation that a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, obtained personal data from more than 50 million Facebook users without their permission, Facebook and some of its executives objected to the use of the phrase «data breach» to describe the controversy.

Under the agreement, Facebook was required to obtain explicit permission from users in order to share their information with third - parties.

By creating the app «thisisyourdigitallife» in 2015, University of Cambridge psychology professor Dr. Aleksandr Kogan obtained permission to access user account data and information about the friends of each person who downloaded the app.

The FTC agreed in November 2011, faulting Facebook for making some information, such as users» friend lists, viewable by the public without first obtaining those users» permission.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Facebook Inc (FB.O) and the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica have been sued in the United States for obtaining information belonging to 50 million of the social media company's users without permission.

Facebook is grappling with an unprecedented crisis over allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - affiliated political consulting firm, obtained data of tens of millions of users without their permission with the intent of swaying elections.

A developer built an app to collect user data, obtained permission through the platform's official channels, and then saved a copy for their own use outside of Facebook.

The proposed class action would represent people who bought Facebook shares from Feb. 3, 2017, when Facebook filed its annual report and cited security breaches and improper access to user data, through March 19 of this year, two days after a New York Times report revealed how data from Cambridge Analytica obtained through Facebook were used without «proper disclosures or permission.»

As for Cambridge Analytica, it is being investigated for misusing data of tens of millions of Facebook users that was obtained without their permission.

Under the 2011 decree, Facebook must notify users and obtain their permission before data about them is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established, the Washington Post says.

Among other requirements, the resulting consent decree mandated that Facebook must notify users and obtain their permission before data about them is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established.

The company obtained the Facebook data linked to 50 million accounts through a Cambridge University psychology professor who had permission to gather information on users of the social media platform, but violated Facebook guidelines by passing it on to a third party for commercial purposes.

That researcher was given permission by Facebook to work with and obtain data on users for purposes relating to his research.

The largest social - media company is reviewing products and data policies to find further ways to protect users from being exploited, after political consultant Cambridge Analytica obtained information on as many as 87 million people without their permission.

Last week, media reports said that the personal information of about 50 million Facebook users had been obtained without their permission by Cambridge Analytica.

In the US, meanwhile, Facebook Inc and Cambridge Analytica have been sued for obtaining information belonging to 50 million users without permission.

GOP Rep. Blackburn, for one, said in an interview she'd push Zuckerberg to support privacy legislation that would require tech companies to obtain permission before selling users» data — a proposal that Facebook and its tech peers have vocally opposed.

The proposed class action would represent people who bought shares of Facebook from Feb. 3, 2017, when Facebook filed its annual report and cited security breaches and improper access to user data, through March 19, two days after a New York Times report revealed how data from Cambridge Analytica obtained through Facebook was used without «proper disclosures or permission.»

service wants to make a secondary use of the data, it must obtain explicit permission from the user.

When a service wants to make a secondary use of the data, it must obtain explicit permission from the user.

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Last week, it turned out that the personal information of about 50 million Facebook users had been obtained without their consent or permission by data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Brexit campaign, with an eye to creating a mechanism that would allow it to predict and influence voters» behavior.

A scandal over Facebook data privacy broke out last week when it became known that personal information of about 50 million Facebook users had been obtained without their consent or permission by data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Brexit campaign.

The FTC agreed in November 2011, faulting Facebook for making some information, such as users» friends lists, viewable by the public without first obtaining those users» explicit permission.

The elevation of privileges refers to software flaws that allow malware to obtain permissions beyond what is initially granted to it by the user.

Amid the fallout over the revelation that a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, obtained personal data from more than 50 million Facebook users without their permission, Facebook and...

The company obtained the Facebook data from millions of accounts through a Cambridge University psychology professor who had permission to gather information on users of the social media platform, but violated Facebook guidelines by passing it on to a third party for commercial purposes.

But that doesn't change the fact that the data of 50 million users was obtained without express permission and used for political purposes.

Specifically, the investigation seeks to find whether Facebook violated a consent decree — which requires the social network to obtain explicit permission from users to share their data with third parties — that it signed with the agency in 2011.

While about 270,000 people gave the app permission to access their data, the app took things a step farther by obtaining information from their friends lists, compromising the privacy of millions of users who did not agree to the app's terms.

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