Sentences with phrase «over voter privacy»

While some states have made it possible for military or abroad voters to return absentee ballots by e-mail or by fax, Kellner said New York had rejected that idea out of concerns over voter privacy and the risk of vote interception, and was instead focusing on making it easier for absentee voters to receive ballots.

We will collectively consider what the rules around voter data should be given persistent and increasingly visible concerns over voter privacy, data security, targeted communications, and transparency.

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News that one gave it to a voter targeting firm has renewed concerns over user privacy.

WASHINGTON — Former president Barack Obama's top campaign aide on Tuesday rejected comparisons between Obama's extensive use of Facebook data to turn out voters in the 2012 election and the actions of Cambridge Analytica, a data and political intelligence firm ejected last week by Facebook in a growing controversy over social - media privacy.

The day Cambridge Analytica shut its doors and began liquidation, the UK's privacy watchdog ordered it to turn over all the data it has on a U.S. voter and how it has been used, or the firm could face criminal charges.

The Parliament's probe led to disclosures that Facebook had allowed Cambridge Analytica unauthorized access to up to 50 million user records, igniting a firestorm over user data privacy and possible U.S. voter manipulation.

Meanwhile, US media is viewing the case as an international effort to read voters» minds and raising question mark over privacy policy of Facebook.

The company is facing multiple privacy investigations in the U.S. and U.K. over the leak of personal information pertaining to as many as 60 million Facebook users to voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica (see Probes Begin as Facebook Slammed by Data Leak Blowback).

The company is facing multiple privacy investigations in the U.S. and U.K. over the leak of personal information pertaining to 60 million Facebook users to voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica (see Probes Begin as Facebook Slammed by Data Leak Blowback).

Zuckerberg's comments are likely to rile critics who have called on Facebook to make more drastic revisions to its privacy and data handling practices following the uproar over voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica.