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According to information security specialists, about one hundred web application developers may have had inadequate access to the data of millions of Facebook users, as the company made a mistake that led to the revocation of some restrictions on the access to this information. Because the data breach was publicly disclosed only through Facebook’s developer […]
If you are a member of any group on the social media website Facebook, your personal data might have been improperly accessed by some 100 app developers. Today, Facebook announced another data breach and said that as many as 100 third-party app developers might have accessed and retained user information including users’ names and profile […]
In December 2018, the career website Glassdoor released its annual list of the best places to work. On the list, Facebook ranked in seventh place and got a 4.5 award score out of 5. In the previous iteration of the list, the social media company ranked 1st. The report didn’t surprise anyone, thanks to the […]
As part of its habit (which seems to die hard), Facebook has been found uploading contact details of around 1.5 million users without their knowledge while it asked users of his or her email passwords. The new revelation suggests that since 2016, Facebook has been “unintentionally” accumulating users’ contacts, and uploading them onto the platform when […]
It seems like Facebook has a long way to go when it comes to gaining back the trust of its users. The social networking site is voted the least trustworthy tech company, according to a recent poll conducted by Fortune. The poll, in collaboration with Harris Poll organization, was conducted in October on behalf of […]
Emma’s Diary seems to be the perfect website for parenthood, offering child-raising tips and giving away coupons worth up to £200. But in exchange for free diapers, users gave their consent for their data to be used for different advertising campaigns. It has now been revealed that the data were sold to the Labour Party […]
Facebook has been fined with £500K in the UK after the British data protection agency concluded that the data-leaking scandal violated the law, becoming the first fine for the social network for the Cambridge Analytica scandal. As reported by information security and secure data destruction experts, the fine is the maximum cipher allowed by the UK Data […]
According to a startling new report, the University of Cambridge has been using Facebook user data obtained from a popular personality app dubbed as myPersonality. The tool is used for implementing targeted marketing according to users’ personality type. The app was used by roughly 3 million Facebook users, which means their private data including answers to […]
Author: Cole Gibson Before it became intertwined in the controversy surrounding Facebook’s misuse of data, Cambridge Analytica was planning to raise funds for a new digital currency. According to sources at Reuters, the firm was looking to raise as much as $30 million for their cryptocurrency project. Brittany Kaiser, former employee of Cambridge Analytica, stated […]
Cambridge Analytica and Facebook have been in the headlines for past one month for all the wrong reasons. Now, as per the latest revelation, Twitter is facing flak for selling data to Cambridge Analytica-linked researcher, Aleksandr Kogan. In a statement to The Telegraph, Twitter has confirmed that Aleksandr Kogan’s commercial enterprise had purchased one-time Twitter API […]
While numerous concerns had been raised over the uninformed data collection of over 87 million Facebook users, the actual number of people affected may be far more. The CA data breach came to light when the company’s former director of research Christopher Wylie took charge and went into Edward Snowden-mode to break the news. It […]
Did Cambridge Analytica had access to your Facebook data? This new tool by Facebook will let you know. By now you are aware of the fact that the social media giant Facebook scans each and everything you write on its messenger app including messages, pictures, files, and photos. You may also know that Facebook collected call […]
If you thought your conversations on Facebook Messenger are private then think again. In a recent interview founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the social media giant scans user messages to block any content that goes against the company’s rules and regulations. This was revealed by Zuckerberg during a podcast interview with Ezra Klein, Vox’s […]
If you are planning to delete your Facebook account it is advised to using this Chrome extension first, delete the data then get rid of your account. Facebook never fails to disappoint its users! The social network, unfortunately, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. As you may know that the social media giant […]
One of the biggest stories of the year so far has been the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica that came out after a Channel 4 expose that demonstrated the depths they are willing to go to profile voters, manipulate elections and much more. It’s kicking off in the UK and the US and Mark Zuckerberg has […]
In spite of the claims made by Cambridge Analytica, the data harvested from Facebook users has not been deleted yet. In fact, a substantial portion of the stolen personal information is still being circulated within unknown sources. This startling revelation surfaced in a recent investigation conducted by London’s Channel 4, where they were able to […]
Elon Musk has deleted the official Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla this Friday after receiving #DeleteFacebook challenge from some of his followers. Currently, both pages with millions of fans are unavailable to visitors. SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company while Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is a firm that specializes in electric vehicles, solar panel manufacturing, and energy storage. […]
Dark clouds are hovering over Facebook, and their stocks are falling. Now, various American and European federal bodies have started asking how a voter-profiling company managed to get hold of the data of 50 million users. Per a press release on Tuesday, the state of New York has followed the footsteps of Massachusetts that announced an […]
What happens when you own a data firm that has just secured a $15 million funding, and you’ve managed to gain a heavyweight client with the promise of delivering insights related to American voters? You try to push your boundaries and give your best. But, what if your data firm doesn’t have enough data to […]