Sentences with phrase «without user permission»

The latter plan specifically targets software that tries to change the start page, home page, and default search engine without user permission.

The data mining firm was given that data from a third - party app developer in violation of Facebook's terms of service and without user permission.

Facebook denied it has been collecting data like call and text logs through Google's Android apps without user permission, after an Ars Technica report detailed the extent of the company's data...

Hogan then sent this data to Cambridge Analytica without user permission which is against Facebook's rules.

Security researchers released a paper this week showing that Google Android apps leak user locations, phone numbers and other private information to advertisers, without user permission.

Dubbed Facebook's «collapse» of public trust, the double revelation that Cambridge Analytica, ostensibly a voter - profiling company, collected the data of 50 million Facebook accounts without user permission, and that thousands of third - party developers built apps on Facebook's platform to gather private information has spurred international outrage.

On March 17, the Guardian and the New York Times both published stories showing that voter - profiling firm Cambridge Analytica was able to harvest data on 50 million — now 87 million — Facebook profiles without user permission.

Android system is designed in such a way that it doesn't all you to install any external apps without users permission.

He insisted that Cambridge Analytica did not collect information from Facebook «without users permission,» did not pay people $ 1 to access their Facebook profile, and that Cambridge Analytica did not take advantage of Facebook's default privacy settings.

Not exact matches

Seven months ago, California legislators first began debating a bill that would have prevented Internet providers from collecting and selling user data without permission.

Standard Innovation, which makes the We - Vibe vibrator, collected user data without permission, a lawsuit alleged.

While the contents of an individual user's Wickr account would be impossible to access without the account - holder's permission, the business version gives the company the ability see whatever information has not been automatically erased.

That means they can collect data that shows what sites their users browse and what apps they use without having to ask for permission first.

Internet Explorer users can continue using Flash without needing to give permission.

In 2013, a third - party app developer named Aleksandr Kogan had access to 50 million Facebook users» data for academic research, and without permission, he distributed it to a consulting firm with ties to the Trump Administration, Cambridge Analytica.

Most recently, in October, it surfaced that Uber had special permissions in its iPhone app that allowed it to access users» personal information, giving them the ability to potentially record a person's iPhone screen without their knowledge.

Adware may be malware - that is, installed and run without the permission of a device's owner - or may be a legitimate component of software (for example, installed knowingly by users as part of some free, ad - supported package.)

Facebook says it didn't collect anything without users» permission.

It seemed to have been done without explicit consent, though Facebook says it collected such data only from Android users who specifically allowed it to do so — for instance, by agreeing to permissions when installing Facebook.

«My proposal assures the rights of Internet users to go where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyone's permission,» Wheeler wrote.

Cambridge Analytica is accused of obtaining the data of 50 million Facebook users via a quiz app without their permission.

Android users said the company violated its own privacy policy by disclosing their names, email addresses and account locations to third parties without permission.

This change was made to ensure a third - party was not able to access a user's friends» data without gaining permission first.

The company has been haunted by criticisms of how it handles users» data in the wake of a scandal that saw millions of people's data shared without their permission to Cambridge Analytica.

Source3 builds technology to detect intellectual property that has been shared by internet users without permission.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg echoed CEO Mark Zuckerberg's rhetoric on Thursday, by taking personal responsibility for letting third parties access Facebook user data without permission.

The Google Home Mini was recently the subject of controversy for recording audio clips without the user's permission.

The company has been on the defensive after reports that political data firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.

Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users, harvested largely without their permission, to boost his surging White House run and gain an edge over Donald Trump and other Republican rivals, the Guardian can reveal.»

The U.K. - based firm made headlines for using data from Facebook users without their permission.

News broke recently that data research firm Cambridge Analytica gathered data from 50 million Facebook profiles without the permission of its users.

The FTC agreed in November 2011, faulting Facebook for making some information, such as users» friend lists, viewable by the public without first obtaining those users» permission.

On Friday, Facebook announced that it had suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica for violating the social media company's terms and conditions by obtaining user data from a third party source without users» permissions.

A former employee of Cambridge Analytica, a London - based data - mining firm with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump, said the company collected the Facebook information of tens of millions of users without their permission.

A pair of blockbuster reports from the New York Times and the UK's Observer released Saturday explained the scope of the problem: Cambridge Analytica collected the data not only of the approximately 270,000 users who agreed to take Kogan's personality quiz but also their friends, thus harvesting information on tens of millions of people without their knowledge or permission.

Facebook found out about Cambridge Analytica's breach in 2015, but it didn't notify users who had their data taken without their permission.

The move comes in the wake of revelations that Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, obtained the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.

On one level, it might be unsurprising that a company guided by Steve Bannon would turn out to be using user data unethically and without permission.

«Facebook's current app permissions leave billions of its users vulnerable without knowing it,» it writes.

Zuckerberg had been silent until Wednesday about the saga that began over the weekend when the New York Times and the Guardian released a pair of blockbuster reports outlining how tens of millions of Facebook users» data was accessed without their knowledge or permission between 2013 and 2015.

Alexander Nix, the CEO of the London - based voter profiling company Cambridge Analytica — which harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users without their permission to analyze their voter behavior — has been suspended from his job.

To be eligible for the bounty, the offending app must impact more than 10,000 Facebook users and show a clear pattern of abuse and not «collection» (in this case, I'm assuming abuse would qualify as transferring the data to a third party without permission).

The company is now facing a lawsuit over allegedly using biometric data from users without permission.

The hearings were called after it was learned that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to Donald Trump's campaign, had collected the personal data of tens of millions of users without their permission.

The firestorm that erupted over Facebook's decision to ban Cambridge Analytica — and the ensuing revelations that the user data of 50 million Facebook users were accessed by the political consulting and marketing firm without those users» permission — has slashed Facebook stock and brought calls for regulation for social media companies.

It seemed to have been done without explicit consent, though Facebook says it collected such data only from Android users who specifically allowed it to do so for instance, by agreeing to permissions when installing Facebook.

A person familiar with the matter told the Journal the firm was losing clients and facing mounting legal fees in the wake of revelations that it harvested the data of tens of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge or permission.

Zuckerberg's apology follows news last week that information from more than 50 million Facebook users was obtained without permission by Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics consultancy hired by the Trump campaign for the 2016 presidential election.

Also on Sunday, Facebook denied reports that it has been logging Android users» call and text history without their permission.

Facebook says Cambridge Analytica, which worked on the Cruz and Trump campaigns, lied about destroying data it collected without Facebook users» permission.