Privacy News Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies

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Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users' data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015.

It's an unusual clear view of how the largest social networking site manages your personal information.

During the Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed March this year, Facebook stated that it already cut off third-party access to its users' data and their friends in May 2015 only.

However, in a 747-page long document [PDF] delivered to Congress late Friday, the social networking giant admitted that it continued sharing data with 61 hardware and software makers, as well as app developers after 2015 as well.

The disclosure comes in response to hundreds of questions posed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by members of Congress in April about its company's practices with data of its billions of users.

The Washington Post reported that the company submitted the documents, representing Facebook's most granular explanation of exemption, within hours of a Friday night deadline.

Among other things, the documents revealed that Facebook granted a "one-time" six-month extension to 61 companies including AOL, Nike, United Parcel Service and dating app Hinge to come into compliance with Facebook's new privacy policy on user data.

Besides this, there are at least five other companies that theoretically may have accessed limited friends’ data, as a result of API access that they were granted as part of a Facebook beta test, the social media added.

The documents also acknowledged that Facebook partnered with 52 domestic and international companies, including U.S. tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, Amazon, Sony, Acer, China-based Huawei and Alibaba, and device-makers Samsung and BlackBerry.
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I read this earlier today and at least now FB has actually admitted it. It in no way condones what they did in my opinion just because they made an admission though.

RejZoR said:
When will people go off this garbage privacy nightmare called Facebook. I'm just baffled why people keep on insisting on this garbage platform.
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There are probably still thousand/millions of users who don't even know anything about the Facebook hullabaloo, some people just aren't interested therefore they will keep using it.

I have an account but it was set up purely because some companies actually have no other available channels of communicating with them (honestly) I don't share anything (unless it's an MT giveaway, i have nothing to share anyway ;) i have no friends :emoji_sob: (i don't wan't any, you can call me Greta Garbo if you like) and i have a name that in no way resembles my own and this is from someone who knows absolutely nothing about privacy or security.
 
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TerrakionSmash said:
It's a platform. It's useful because everyone else is in it.
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yep even me, and there is no better platform to keep tracks of distant buddies and share some pix/vids.
When you are used to travel a lot, then you can see the usefulness of FB.
Of course, if you never leave your basement, are a no-life and have no friends, FB is indeed useless :p

And they admited what everybody should have known.
 
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Umbra said:
yes im the guy in the other basement next to you LOOOOOOOOL
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