The concerns about
potential misuse of data and digital marketing to undermine privacy extend beyond Cambridge Analytica to firms across the political spectrum, says Jeff Chester, executive director for privacy watchdog group Center for Digital Democracy.
Ravi Naik at ITN Solicitors is gathering claimants to see if the latest revelations warrant action against Facebook for
potential 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.
Not exact matches
By reviewing long - term prescription and usage
data, they could see patterns and trends among patients that indicated the
misuse of medication — and the
potential for a much larger problem.
Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the
potential misuse of Facebook
data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead
of the 2016 presidential contest.
Cambridge Analytica is being probed by the UK Information Commissioner's Office for
potential misuse of personal
data.
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Additionally, PIs need to agree on how they will share research materials and raw or processed
data, and they need to discuss
potential issues such as intellectual property or the
misuse of the learned skills and technologies for harmful purposes, the book adds.
The groups are also concerned about the possibility
of data breaches and
potential unintentional
misuse or future inappropriate use
of the extensive private information about children, families and school employees that will be gathered and stored.
Since the passage
of First to the Top legislation in 2010, as our organization has travelled across the state, we have heard from both parents and educators with concerns about the collection, use and
potential misuse of student and teacher
data.
In response to our request for comment and
data to assess whether special enrollment periods are being abused and to minimize
potential misuse and abuse
of special enrollment periods, commenters expressed strong support for the Exchange to take actions to verify consumer eligibility for special enrollment periods moving forward, including requesting documentation supporting consumers» eligibility for special enrollment periods.
The Government has sought details from Facebook on if any such downstream entity «
misused»
data, what is the protection available to the
data subject and what are the specific steps proposed to be taken by the social media company to prevent any
misuse of personal
data for
potential interference in, or manipulation
of the Indian electoral process?
An early clue about the
potential for
misuse of Facebook's third - party developer tools came in 2010 when my colleague Emily Steel, then at The Wall Street Journal, reported that an online tracking company, RapLeaf, was collecting and reselling
data it had gathered from third - party Facebook apps to marketing firms and political consultants.
The letter further said Facebook has been asked about the specific steps proposed to be taken by the social media firm to prevent any
misuse of personal
data for
potential interference in, or manipulation
of the Indian electoral process?