Another change the company announces on this day is that it will expand its bug bounty program to enable people to
report misuse of data.
It also plans to expand its bug bounty program to
report misuse of data.
A source familiar with the investigation told BuzzFeed News that the letter explicitly asks Facebook for information «concerning Facebook's policies and procedures as they relate to
the reported misuse of data by people and / or entities connected to SCL and Cambridge Analytica.»
The attorneys general in both states are asking Facebook for information concerning its policies and procedures «as they relate to
the reported misuse of data» by Cambridge Analytica, whose CEO has been suspended over the scandal.
Not exact matches
These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome
of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any
of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers;
data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components
of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence
of efficacy and adequacy
of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results
of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive
of real - world results or
of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights
of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents
of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual
Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
The Mercer family has not publicly commented since the
reports about the
misuse of Facebook
data by Cambridge first surfaced in The Times and The Observer.
During today's session committee chair Damian Collins again made a direct appeal for Zuckerberg to testify, pausing the flow
of questions momentarily to cite news
reports suggesting the Facebook founder has agreed to fly to Brussels to testify before European Union lawmakers in relation to the Cambridge Analytica Facebook
data misuse scandal.
The
reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny
of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the
misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg is also
reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is opening a probe into Facebook and the
misuse of personal
data, related to a consent decree that was issued in 2011 over the social network's personal
data handling policies.
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.
Of the top 1,000 ad spenders on Facebook, only seven ceased buying ads following
reports that Cambridge Analytica
misused user
data as it tried to influence the 2016 presidential elections and the Brexit vote, according to an analysis performed by digital intelligence platform Pathmatics.
The purpose is pretty obvious; it will reward the users who
report any
data breach or
misuse of data by app developers.
More:
Reports of Facebook
data misuse spurs calls for regulation, scrutiny
of social media firms
CNBC's Wilfred Frost
reports on Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the center
of Facebook's latest
data misuse scandal, including its involvement with social media back during Brexit.
CNBC's Michelle Caruso - Cabrera
reports that following the scandal over
data misuse, the board
of Cambridge Analytica has suspended CEO Alexander Nix effective immediately pending investigation.
The
reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny
of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the
misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.
Last week, the New York Times and the Observer
of London jointly
reported that Cambridge Analytica had
misused data gleaned from the profiles
of tens
of millions
of Facebook users.
Carolyn Everson, Facebook's vice president
of marketing, says that the company is «outraged and beyond disturbed» by the bombshell
reports this weekend that firm Cambridge Analytica
misused the
data of 50 million people.
«Our
data suggest that college students who
misuse prescription stimulant medications are more likely to exhibit clinically relevant psychiatric dysfunction,» says Timothy Wilens, MD, chief
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and co-director
of the MGH Center for Addiction Medicine, corresponding author
of the
report.
Morgan Polikoff, an associate professor
of education at USC who has admonished those who
misuse NAEP
data, nonetheless said that he thinks California's 2017 results, showing the third - highest increase among all states, «corroborate the recent LPI
report pretty well.»
As the
misuse of data emerging, we as future researchers should always be skeptical with the policy
reports and related studies before analyzing the
data first.
And that is just one
of the flaws in the WILL study flagged by University
of Colorado Boulder professor Benjamin Shear, who specializes in the
misuse of educational testing
data for research purposes, when he reviewed the
report for the Think Twice think tank review project on April 25, almost eight weeks after WILL released its
report.
From the Daily Collegian Online: «According to the
report, the inquiry panel cleared Mann
of the following research allegations: falsifying or suppressing
data, intending to delete or conceal e-mails and information, and
misusing privileged or confidential information.»
The amendments follow concernsraised in the DCA consultation paper, Increasing Penalties for Deliberate and Wilful
Misuse of Personal
Data, launched last July, and in an earlier information Commissioner's Office
report that existing penalties were an insufficiently strong deterrent.
[1]
Data published by the Strategic Legal Fund in May 2017, based on a
report by Jean Demars: Rough sleeping as «abuse /
misuse»
of the right to freedom
of movement, relied on by the High Court at § 107.
The Times newspaper
reported that British advertising group ISBA, which represents thousands
of well - known brands, had threatened to withdraw ads if probes show user
data was
misused.
Since the
report last weekend, several American and British lawmakers have called for greater privacy protection and asked Zuckerberg to explain what the company knew about the
misuse of its
data.
As the attorneys general write in their letter to Zuckerberg, news
reports indicate the
data of at least 50 million Facebook profiles may have been
misused by third - party software developers.
The WHOIS Task Force has effectively ignored a number
of comments submitted in response to the Task Force's recommendations
report that raise privacy and
data misuse issues.
Facebook will pay for a forensic audit
of Cambridge Analytica's systems over alleged
misuse of social networking
data, amid a new
report that claims executives at the
data company used shady business practices.
LONDON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is promising to do a better job protecting user
data following
reports that a political consultant
misused the personal information
of millions
of the company's subscribers.
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
reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny
of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the
misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.
The Mercer family has not publicly commented since the
reports about the
misuse of Facebook
data by Cambridge first surfaced in The Times and The Observer.
The weekend's
reports about the
data misuse have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny
of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the
misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.
CNN
reported comments made at the China Development Forum in Beijing where Cook described Facebook's alleged
misuse of data as «so dire» and «so large that probably some well - crafted regulation is necessary».
Facebook's stock price is down more than 11 % since last weekend's
reports that Cambridge Analytica, a right - leaning political consultancy, acquired and
misused the personal
data of tens
of millions
of Facebook users.
It is a fresh example
of tighter EU rules for technology giants following
reports that a political consultancy
misused the
data of 50 million Facebook users in a bid to influence the 2016 US presidential election.
Amidst
reports of misuse of consumer
data, a powerful Congressional committee has summoned the CEOs
of top three social media platforms: Mark Zuckerberg
of Facebook, Indian - American Sunder Pichai
of Google, and Jack Dorsey
of Twitter for a hearing on
data privacy.
Facebook's latest statement comes even as it has
reported that the site's email and phone search feature was potentially
misused by malicious actors and that
data of nearly all
of its 2 billion users was collected and accessed.
«Facebook's bug bounty program will expand so that people can also
report to us if they find
misuses of data by app developers,» said Ime Archibong, VP
of Partnerships at Facebook.
(Reuters)-- U.S. stock index futures dropped on Monday, with
reports of Facebook's user
data being
misused weighing on social media stocks and investors bracing for signals from the Federal Reserve...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is promising to do a better job protecting user
data following
reports that a political consultant
misused the personal information
of millions
of the company's subscribers.
The probe comes amid
reports that
data firm Cambridge Analytica
misused the
data of around 50 million Facebook users as part
of an effort to boost the presidential bid
of Donald J. Trump during the 2016 elections.
The Verge has a detailed timeline
of what's been happening with this development after The New York Times and The Guardian
reported that Cambridge Analytica «
misused user
data from as many as 50 million Facebook users.»
MOSCOW (Sputnik)- President
of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani firmly condemned on Monday Facebook's poor protection
of users»
data, saying that it violated the privacy rights
of EU citizens, and pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into media
reports about Facebook users» personal
data misuse.
The 2011
Data Co-ordination Overview
reports on treated substance
misuse in the South East region, which cover the counties
of Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford.