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Facebook today revealed yet another security incident admitting that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed its users’ data in certain Facebook groups, including their names and profile pictures.
In a blog post published Tuesday, Face… Continue reading Facebook Reveals New Data Leak Incident Affecting Groups’ Members
Not a week goes without a new Facebook blunder.
Remember the most recent revelation of Facebook being caught asking users new to the social network platform for their email account passwords to verify their identity?
At the time, it was suspected tha… Continue reading Facebook Collected Contacts from 1.5 Million Email Accounts Without Users’ Permission
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the independent regulator for data protection and information rights law, has handed Facebook the maximum fine allowed under the 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) for its involvement in the Cambridge A… Continue reading UK’s ICO fines Facebook £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users.
The fine has been imposed by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Of… Continue reading Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
The social network elaborated on the recent data breach, explaining exactly what kind of data the hackers accessed, and revealing that the victims were 30 million, and not 50 million users. Continue reading Facebook Says 14 Million People Got Their Location Data and Private Search History Stolen