Sentences with phrase «one's handling of user data»

The FTC is currently investigating whether Facebook violated a 2011 consent decree on handling of user data.

«There is no excuse for this irresponsible handling of user data,» Hawley said in a statement.

Uber has been living a public relations nightmare in recent weeks, including accusations of inappropriate handling of user data, widespread sexual harassment, and stealing intellectual property from a Google spin - off.

Mr. Zuckerberg has been dealing with an uproar over Facebook's handling of user data after revelations in March that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica harvested the information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

Facebook is taking a huge amount of heat this week amid mounting scandals over its allegedly reckless handling of user data, vulnerability to propaganda and disinformation efforts, and whether or not its internal response to those issues was mostly concerned with shoving those problems under a rug.

However, with investigations into Facebook's handling of user data looming on both sides of the Atlantic, investors are concerned.

But given reports of Facebook's questionable handling of user data, Acton might have felt his principles were at odds with Facebook's culture.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already issued a statement addressing the poor handling of user data.

currently investigating whether Facebook violated a 2011 consent decree on handling of user data.

After day one of hearings into the company's handling of user data, Zuckerberg may not have won over skeptical lawmakers or angry users.

University of Florida law professor Daniel Sokol, for example, wrote an academic paper that said Google's handling of user data — a controversial issue for privacy advocates — was legal.

Mr. Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on his second and final day of congressional testimony over Facebook's handling of user data.

Facebook shares were down 2.8 percent as the company struggled to produce a satisfactory response to criticism of its handling of user data.

What people are talking about today: The outcry over Facebook, political data firm Cambridge Analytica and their handling of user data isn't going away, and there's a steady stream of developments keeping it in the news.

The concern over privacy on Android devices comes as Facebook faces scrutiny over its handling of user data, following revelations that vast swathes of it was held by Cambridge Analytica after it was obtained from a researcher who shared the data without the social network's permission.

What people are talking about today: Facebook faces a deluge of new criticism and scrutiny over its handling of user data.

Fan Yuan, the shareholder who filed the suit, accuses Facebook of making «materially false and / or misleading» claims about the company's handling of user data — meaning the instances where Facebook or Zuckerberg himself addressed privacy and security issues and failed to disclose the ongoing Cambridge Analytica fiasco.

called for Senate hearings into the situation and for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate, noting that a 2011 consent decree between the agency and Facebook puts stringent privacy restrictions on Facebook's handling of user data.

Amid concerns over its handling of user data, Facebook Inc. is extending its push into the corporate technology market, adding business - software integrations to Workplace, its fast - growing enterprise collaboration tool.

The Cambridge Analytica revelations added to the questions that have been raised about Facebook's handling of user data and security.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was brought before Congress April 10 and 11 to answer for the company's handling of user data.

Facebook's CTO announced a slew of new privacy measures on Wednesday afternoon as a response to the ongoing criticism the social media company has faced regarding its handling of user data.

In March, he declined an offer from the British House of Commons in London to answer questions on Facebook's handling of user data.

Fan Yuan, the shareholder who filed the suit, accuses Facebook of making «materially false and / or misleading» claims about the company's handling of user data — meaning the instances where Facebook or Zuckerberg himself addressed privacy and security issues and failed to disclose the ongoing Cambridge Analytica fiasco.

Two United States senators are calling for Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in front of Congress over the recent controversy the social media company has faced over its handling of user data.

commented on the recent developments around Facebook's handling of user data, calling on Zuckerberg to come to Capitol Hill.

The Cambridge Analytica revelations added to the questions that have been raised about Facebook's handling of user data and security.

The revelation put Facebook and Zuckerberg under the microscope for their handling of user data and privacy.

Perhaps the most urgent question for Facebook is whether its practices ran afoul of a settlement it brokered with the Federal Trade Commission in 2011 in response to previous controversies over its handling of user data.

That's the plight that Facebook is now facing after days of non-stop criticism over its handling of user data.

Facebook FB -1.34 % Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg released a statement Wednesday, after days of criticism from lawmakers, regulators and others over Facebook's handling of user data:

Eric T. Schneiderman, New York's attorney general, said he was joining his Massachusetts counterpart in her investigation into Facebook's handling of user data.

Since announcing it was suspending Cambridge Analytica, Facebook's handling of user data has dominated national headlines.

The company is at the center of a furor over Facebook's handling of user data.

The decision follows the Cambridge Analytica revelation and ongoing criticism over Facebook's handling of user data.

Lawmakers are looking to press Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify over the recent controversy regarding the company's handling of user data.

Federal officials are calling for investigations into Facebook's handling of user data and suggesting regulations could be coming for the freewheeling world of social media.

The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday that it had opened an investigation of Facebook, and the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify as scrutiny mounts over the social media giant's handling of user data.

The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday that it opened an investigation of Facebook and the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify as scrutiny mounts over the social media giant's handling of user data.

In a wide - ranging interview on Vox's The Ezra Klein Show podcast, Zuckerberg discussed election interference, the handling of user data and privacy, the proliferation of fake news, and what to do when your company — with more than 2 billion users — reaches a size and scale where the consequences for failure have a massive impact.

Facebook said its new openness was meant to show that it takes the intense criticism over its handling of user data seriously.

Amid concerns about its handling of user data, Facebook quietly put on hold plans to share data with health organizations for medical research.

Amid concerns about its handling of user data, Facebook last month quietly put on hold a project to share data with hospitals, the company confirmed to ZDNet.

In a rare move, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday took nearly an hour's worth of questions from reporters to talk about the social network's handling of user data and its influence on global events.

FACEBOOK EFFECT: Facebook stocks dropped another 2.6 percent on Tuesday following reports that the Federal Trade Commission will open investigations on its handling of user data following the revelations that Cambridge Analytica harvested private data of its 50 million users.

The attorneys general of 37 states and territories joined in a letter to Facebook Inc. voicing concern over its handling of user data, further escalating a backlash that has shaken the social media...

In the second segment of our weekly podcast, we're joined by Konstantinos Komaitis of The Internet Society says that a good first step would be for social media companies to start showing more care in the handling of user data.

-- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching an investigation to decide if Facebook's handling of user data, in regards to Cambridge Analytica, is in violation of a 2011 consent decree, Bloomberg reports.