Sentences with phrase «personal information of millions of users»

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

Facebook first acknowledged last month that personal information of millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica.

The revelations made by Wylie have highlighted the danger of Facebook housing personal information of millions of users.

Another fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal was Facebook's revelation on Wednesday that «malicious actors» used the platform's search tools to obtain personal information of millions of users.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

2016 was an especially busy year for them, where they leaked the personal information of millions of users.

The social network has found itself back under FTC investigation, after revelations that earlier versions of its app policies allowed third - parties to extract the personal information of millions of users without their explicit consent.

Cambridge Analytica, which also worked on Donald Trump's 2016 bid for president, used the personal information of millions of users who never gave their permission to help campaigns more effectively target voters.

Facebook continues to face controversy after the personal information of millions of users was obtained by the data firm Cambridge Analytica.