The documents presented to Congress over the weekendreveal that in addition to the companies granted a cooling off period, five apps had access to users’ friend’s data. This included Activision, the games published behind the Call of Duty series and streaming apps PeekSocial and Fun2Shoot, along with defunct apps Golden Union Co, quiz app IQ Zone.
The documents state that the true scale of data collection by rogue apps may never become apparent, and the above list was comprehensive only to the “best of our ability”, adding that early records may have already been deleted from the system.
Facebook data sharing | Which companies had access to private information?
- ABCSocial
- ABC Television Network 2.
- Actiance
- Adium
- Anschutz Entertainment Group
- AOL
- Arktan / Janrain
- Audi
- biNu
- Cerulean Studios
- Coffee Meets Bagel
- DataSift
- Dingtone
- Double Down Interactive
- Flowics
- Zauber Labs
- Garena
- Global Relay Communications
- Hearsay Systems
- Hinge
- HiQ International AB
- Hootsuite
- Krush Technologies
- LiveFyre / Adobe Systems
- Mail.ru
- MiggoChat
- Monterosa Productions Limited
- never.no AS
- Nike
- Nimbuzz
- Nissan/Airbiquity Inc.
- Oracle
- Panasonic – 96
- Playtika
- Postano, TigerLogic Corporation
- Raidcall
- RealNetworks, Inc
- RegED / Stoneriver RegED
- Reliance/Saavn
- Rovi
- Salesforce/Radian6
- SeaChange International
- Serotek Corp.
- Shape Services
- Smarsh
- Snap
- Social SafeGuard
- Socialeyes LLC
- SocialNewsdesk
- Socialware/Proofpoint
- SoundayMusic
- Spotify
- Spredfast
- Sprinklr/Sprinklr Japan
- Storyful Limited/News Corp
- Tagboard
- Telescope
- Tradable Bits, TradableBits Media Inc.
- UPS
- Vidpresso
- Vizrt Group AS
- Wayin
Since April 2014, developers for new apps have to submit proposals for review before they are given access to the API. Facebook said it had rejected more than half of the apps between April 2014 and 2018, including a second app created by Aleksandr Kogan.
Kogan, a Cambridge University professor, created the simple quiz app that harvested the information of 87m Facebook users, which was later passed onto political campaigning group Cambridge Analytica.
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