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Facebook lays out stricter rules to protect your social data

March 27, 2018 15:13·
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"Facebook's current default settings leave a lot of questions and a lot of data flying around", the petition says.

Zuckerberg apologized for the debacle during a CNN interview Wednesday, but stopped short of endorsing broad privacy legislation and instead said only that he would support the "right" kind of rules.

But what's missing from Zuckerberg's statement is why his team didn't ensure that Cambridge Analytica had destroyed the farmed data, as it was instructed to do once Facebook was made aware of the breach.

Of note, NRB has also been concerned with treatment of consumers by Facebook and other edge providers.

Ms Denham has complained to the Government that she is still waiting for a court warrant to be granted in order to raid and search the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, as part of her investigation into the firm's use of data.

Asked about Facebook customers deleting their accounts in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mr Hancock said: "Of course I understand why people are deleting Facebook accounts".

In a letter to Mr Nix, committee chairman Damian Collins said there were "a number of inconsistencies" in the evidence he gave on 27 February.

A whistleblower has alleged that Cambridge Analytica improperly used the material in U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.

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The social media platform's stock value has dropped over $70 billion since the revelations were first published. They say the data is used "to improve people's experience across Facebook" by helping to connect with others.

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Katarina Barley said Thursday she has invited Facebook officials to a meeting at her ministry next week, though the exact date has yet to be determined.

It also says it may retain copies of "some material" from deleted accounts, but removes personal identifiers.

Barley said that European data law is already "significantly more user-friendly" than that in the USA but Europe should continue to work on its rules.

On regulation, Mark has said it is not a question of "if regulation", it is a question of "what type", Sandberg added.

Mozilla launched a petition earlier this week calling on Facebook to change its app permissions in an effort to limit access to Facebook users' sensitive information.

According to Zuckerberg's post, a raft of new policies are being introduced to prevent app developers from abusing user data.

"And we have a responsibility to do this, not only for the 2018 midterms in the USA, which are going to be a huge deal this year and that's just a huge focus for us but there's a big election in India this year, there's a big election in Brazil, there are big elections around the world, and you can bet that we are really committed to doing everything that we need to make sure that the integrity of those elections on Facebook is secured".

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