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Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules

December 10, 2019 0 Comments 2016 US presidential election, Cambridge Analytica, cubeyou, data loss, eu-u.s. privacy shield, facebook, FTC, Global Science Research, gsr, gsrapp, Law & order, mypersonality, PII, Privacy, privacy shield, psychographic, psychometrics center, Social networks, targeted marketing, thisisyourdigitallife

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:55:38 +0000

Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1_W3PpVtWZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Leak of 4,000 Facebook documents heaps more trouble on internet giant

November 8, 2019 0 Comments Cambridge Analytica, data leak, data loss, duncan campbell, facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, security threats, six4three, Social networks

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:44:58 +0000

This week’s bold rebrand of Facebook to FACEBOOK can’t hide the growing sense that nobody is happy with the company right now.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hXGqIRYXl7E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

September 24, 2019 0 Comments apis, app developers, Cambridge Analytica, click injection, developers, facebook, fraud, graph api, jedimobi, lawsuits, lionmobi, mypersonality, Privacy, rankwave, rogue applications, Social networks, suspended apps, suspension

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:09:47 +0000

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SBAAxQd8xAE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Database exposed 133 million US Facebook users’ phone numbers

September 6, 2019 0 Comments Cambridge Analytica, data breach, data loss, exposed database, facebook, Privacy, sim swap, telephone number

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:46:55 +0000

Facebook confirmed the breach, claiming that the total number of users in the database was 210 million.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1g5AlsbhrXc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook delivers ‘clear history’ tool that doesn’t ‘clear’ anything

August 22, 2019 0 Comments Cambridge Analytica, clear history, delete history, facebook, login, Login with Facebook, Pixel, pixel tracking, Privacy, Social networks, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:02:55 +0000

The new feature “disconnects,” but doesn’t delete, your browsing history. Facebook will still use it for analytics.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OzZW7zidE7Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook gets its wrist slapped $5b for fumbling our data, confirms FTC

July 25, 2019 0 Comments Aleksandr Kogan, Alexander Nix, Cambridge Analytica, data loss, doj, facebook, fine, FTC, Global Science Research, Law & order, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:30:35 +0000

The FTC initially wanted a fine worth tens of billions, plus potential jail time for execs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8EI8tUn77RA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>