Mark Zuckerberg is seen at the Facebook developer conference in 2010 at a time of rapid growth of the social network
Not really. Any website that uses Facebook log in or sign up option, runs Facebook ads, has a Like button alongside its posts or uses Facebook analytics sends information about your browsing activity back to the social network.
San Francisco: Facebook, embattled in a scandal over the mishandling of user data, confirmed on Monday that it also collected information from people beyond their social network use. "Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn all have similar Like and Share buttons to help people share things on their services", he said. Besides, Amazon, Google and Twitter all offer plugin features and thus collect user information, he noted. Most of these companies, if not all, offer advertising services.
"Whether it's information from apps and websites, or information you share with other people on Facebook, we want to put you in control - and be transparent about what information Facebook has and how it is used". It will focus its attention on apps that could have gathered data not just on those who downloaded them, but also on their friends before Facebook changed its privacy rules in 2015. Tracking your location instructs it to display its content in a relevant language.
Cambridge Analytica is accused of acquiring the data of 87 million Facebook users through an academic researcher at the University of Cambridge, Alexander Kogan.
In a blog post, product management director David Baser explained that third-party services send data about their users to Facebook regardless whether those users have active Facebook profiles.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing regarding the company's use and protection of user data on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 11, 2018. The clarifications by Baser is the follow up of that testimony.
Kaiser, who left CA in January 2018, told the committee when she had first joined the company the quizes were "designed specifically to harvest data from individuals, using Facebook as the tool".
"It's not clear what Facebook is doing with that information", said Chris Calabrese, vice president for policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology, a Washington advocacy group.
Larry Ponemon, the chairman of the think tank, said the Zuckerberg-led Facebook received high scores in the past due to its users spending a significant amount of time on its properties.
So, what does Facebook do with data it receives from other websites and apps?
It is glaringly obvious that government intervention very well could be needed to ensure that people know and consent to their personal data being shared on social-media sites.
"We know the effect of social media, how it fuels opinion now right across every sector from politics to young people and business and communities". Cookies help with identifying unique visitors and recognize which visitors are Facebook users to provide aggregated demographic information such as age and gender.
It's well past time to push Facebook to have a paid version, with no ads and no data gathering.
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