Facebook Data Breach Scandal

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“The founder and CEO of Facebook have accepted our invitation and will be in Brussels as soon as possible, hopefully already next week,” Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, said in a statement.

Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet European Parliament over privacy

Facebook CEO will answer questions about the improper use of millions of users’ data by a political consultancy.

17 May 2018 7:41 AM

Allegations of the improper use of data for 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica, which was hired by President Donald Trump’s 2016 US election campaign, have prompted multiple investigations in the United States and Europe.

Cambridge Analytica under investigation by the FBI: Report

Prosecutors have sought to question former Cambridge Analytica employees and banks that handled its business.

16 May 2018 8:06 AM

“I don’t know that we really see a Doomsday scenario here,” Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said when asked about the worst possible outcome of the new privacy regime.

No Doomsday scenario for Facebook as EU privacy rules kick in

As new EU privacy rules about to kick in the Chief Financial Officer confirms there isn’t a doomsday scenario for Facebook.

27 Apr 2018 8:59 AM

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify to Congress, long defined the company's mission as making the world more open and connected.

Is Facebook really changing? Or just trimming its data haul?

Is Facebook really tinkering around the edges of a deeper problem - its insatiable appetite for the data it uses to sell ads?

10 Apr 2018 8:19 PM

Apple Co-founder shuts down his Facebook account

In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users.

09 Apr 2018 6:20 PM

Facebook has been reportedly talking to numerous health organisations, including Stanford Medical School and American College of Cardiology, regarding the user-data-sharing agreement.

Facebook collects patient's health data: Report

The company was in talks with top hospitals, about a proposal to share data about the social networks of their most vulnerable patients.

07 Apr 2018 2:43 PM

Facebook had on Wednesday admitted that data on about 87 million people - mostly in the US - may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. (Photo: File/AFP)

5.62 lakh Indians potentially affected by Facebook global data leak

The social media platform has over 20 crore users in India and the govt had sent notices to Facebook and Analytica over breach of data.

05 Apr 2018 2:55 PM

A Facebook spokeswoman in Australia said the company would be “fully responsive” to the investigation and had recently updated some privacy settings.

Australia undergoes privacy investigation into Facebook

This comes after the company claiming that data from 3,00,000 Australian users may have been used without authorisation.

05 Apr 2018 1:24 PM

Wylie appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee of the British parliament.

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower's evidence made public by British lawmakers

Wylie alleges that the data was used to help to build profiles of American voters and build support for Trump in the US election.

29 Mar 2018 7:29 PM

The company acknowledges that privacy settings and other important tools on its social media platform are pretty hard to find.

Facebook redesigns its privacy tools

The company promises to take additional steps in the coming weeks to put people more in control of their privacy.

29 Mar 2018 4:31 PM

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