UK watchdog fines Facebook $644,000 for failing to protect its users' data
Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($644,600) in the U.K. after the country's privacy watchdog said it had carried out "serious breaches of data protection." The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said Thursday that the personal information of at least 1 million U.K. users had been harvested by Facebook and subsequently put at risk. The ICO said the relevant data, processed between 2007 and 2014, was accessible to third-party developers without any consent being granted by the Facebook users. Confirming the decision, the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said the social media giant had failed to keep personal information secure. "Facebook failed to sufficiently protect the privacy of its users before, during and after the unlawful processing of this data.
Facebook Portal's claims to protect user privacy are falling apart
furthermore A week ago, when Facebook announced Portal, I noted that its launch had been stymied by trust issues. Incidentally, at least with respect to Portal's use of Messenger infrastructure, I'm willing to bet the Portal team didn't even know until recently that call data could be used to target ads at Facebook users. The project, internally codenamed "Ripley," uses the same core technology as Facebook's recently announced Portal video chat device for the home. A memorial fund to make donations to the Equal Justice Initiative in his honor has been set up on Facebook. We know because a security researcher found issues with the app that made it possible to download the entire user database.
UK watchdog fines Facebook $644,000 for failing to protect its users' data
Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($644,600) in the U.K. after the country's privacy watchdog said it had carried out "serious breaches of data protection." The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said Thursday that the personal information of at least 1 million U.K. users had been harvested by Facebook and subsequently put at risk. The ICO said the relevant data, processed between 2007 and 2014, was accessible to third-party developers without any consent being granted by the Facebook users. Confirming the decision, the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said the social media giant had failed to keep personal information secure. "Facebook failed to sufficiently protect the privacy of its users before, during and after the unlawful processing of this data.
according to A week ago, when Facebook announced Portal, I noted that its launch had been stymied by trust issues. Incidentally, at least with respect to Portal's use of Messenger infrastructure, I'm willing to bet the Portal team didn't even know until recently that call data could be used to target ads at Facebook users. The project, internally codenamed "Ripley," uses the same core technology as Facebook's recently announced Portal video chat device for the home. A memorial fund to make donations to the Equal Justice Initiative in his honor has been set up on Facebook. We know because a security researcher found issues with the app that made it possible to download the entire user database.
Facebook Portal's claims to protect user privacy are falling apart
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