Category: datacollection

Facebook is facing an EU investigation over data collection

Post author By Randall
Post date December 2, 2019
Categories In api, data collection, datacollection, eu, european commission, european union, europeancommission, europeanunion, Facebook, facebook marketplace, facebookmarketplace, gear, Politics, Security, Tech

[ad_1] The body told Reuters it started preliminary investigations into how both companies handle data. “These investigations concern the way data is gathered, processed, used and monetized including for advertising purposes,” the EU’s competition watchdog said. Regulators are hoping to determine whether Facebook places restrictions on data use by third-party companies in exchange for access […]

New York AG is investigating Facebook over email contact scraping

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In contacts, data collection, datacollection, Email, Facebook, gear, Internet, passwords, Privacy, Security, services, Social Media, socialmedia, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook claims 1.5M contact databases were harvested by its email verification process, but the total number of people whose information was improperly obtained may be hundreds of millions. It’s time Facebook be held accountable for how it handles consumers’ personal info. — NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) April 25, 2019 Facebook said the data collection […]