The company has a vast database
of user info to allow for effective targeting, as well as high margins.
3:20 pm ET: Feinstein just asked another good question, and one Zuckerberg says he asked his own team a few weeks ago: Why didn't Facebook ban Cambridge Analytica back in 2015 when it first found out they were
collecting user info in ways that violated its terms?
Some free apps use the majority of the energy they pull on tasks other than the app itself — such as
uploading user info and downloading ads.
Since its rebrand, the app has transformed into more of a lesbian community, changing the way users interact and adding a strong events model —
giving users info on local community events, news and blogs.
The database of
poached user info was offered for 20 bitcoin on Hell (around $ 8,700) although it's not clear if that was the actual selling price.
Also detailed was the added security Sony are bringing to PSN, something that will be of great interest to users after the company admitted
personal user info had been stolen.
Over 1.5 million accounts of an eSports community are part of a CS:
GO user info leak, a response to an apparent refusal to pay a $ 50k ransom.
Yahoo faces proposed Canadian class - action suit over
compromised user info, The Globe and Mail, December 16, 2016
That, unfortunately, happened after Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan acquired a large amount of
Facebook user info, which was then shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Sentinel Chain, a platform that is the midst of a token sale, announced last week that a vulnerability had been uncovered that exposed
sensitive user info.
This is not the first time Kakao has attempted to
gather user info in a rather peremptory fashion.
Cybercriminals exploited a WordPress vulnerability to breach LoanBase, a bitcoin lending site, and they may have gained access to
user info.
Credit Doctor stores
your user info, generates letters and automates the process of cleaning up your credit.
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He added that Grindr doesn't sell
its user info to third parties.
After offering users lip - service through its nightmarish past two weeks, Facebook is now physically addressing its data issues, beginning with a redesign its apps» privacy settings and the addition of
a user info management section.