{"id":2405,"date":"2018-07-02T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2018-07-02T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:25:00","slug":"facebook-shared-private-data-with-61-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/07\/02\/facebook-shared-private-data-with-61-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook shared private data with 61 companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facebook continued to share data with more than 60 companies despite concerns about the quiz app commissioned by\u00a0Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n

The social network gave 61 companies a year to wean themselves off the rich data provided by Facebook through its API, including Nike, UPS, dating app Hinge, a social marketing service, a Russian internet giant and avariety of news networks after it grew concerned that developers could be abusing the function.<\/p>\n

This conflicts with repeated assurances from Mark Zuckerberg since\u00a0the data scandal came to light earlier this year.\u00a0The Facebook founder has stood in front of European Parliament and US lawmakers to insist that\u00a0the function which allowed apps to receive detailed, personal information including photos and friends lists had been shut down in April 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The documents presented to\u00a0Congress over the weekendreveal that\u00a0in addition to the companies granted a cooling off period, five\u00a0apps 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,\u00a0quiz app IQ Zone.<\/p>\n

The documents state\u00a0that the true scale of data collection by rogue apps may never become apparent, and the above\u00a0list was comprehensive only to the\u00a0“best of our ability”, adding\u00a0that early records may have already been deleted from the system.<\/p>\n

Facebook data sharing<\/span>\u00a0| Which companies had access to private information?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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  • ABCSocial<\/li>\n
  • ABC Television Network 2.<\/li>\n
  • Actiance<\/li>\n
  • Adium<\/li>\n
  • Anschutz Entertainment Group<\/li>\n
  • AOL<\/li>\n
  • Arktan \/ Janrain<\/li>\n
  • Audi<\/li>\n
  • biNu<\/li>\n
  • Cerulean Studios<\/li>\n
  • Coffee Meets Bagel<\/li>\n
  • DataSift<\/li>\n
  • Dingtone<\/li>\n
  • Double Down Interactive<\/li>\n
  • Flowics<\/li>\n
  • Zauber Labs<\/li>\n
  • Garena<\/li>\n
  • Global Relay Communications<\/li>\n
  • Hearsay Systems<\/li>\n
  • Hinge<\/li>\n
  • HiQ International AB<\/li>\n
  • Hootsuite<\/li>\n
  • Krush Technologies<\/li>\n
  • LiveFyre \/ Adobe Systems<\/li>\n
  • Mail.ru<\/li>\n
  • MiggoChat<\/li>\n
  • Monterosa Productions Limited<\/li>\n
  • never.no AS<\/li>\n
  • Nike<\/li>\n
  • Nimbuzz<\/li>\n
  • Nissan\/Airbiquity Inc.<\/li>\n
  • Oracle<\/li>\n
  • Panasonic – 96<\/li>\n
  • Playtika<\/li>\n
  • Postano, TigerLogic Corporation<\/li>\n
  • Raidcall<\/li>\n
  • RealNetworks, Inc<\/li>\n
  • RegED \/ Stoneriver RegED<\/li>\n
  • Reliance\/Saavn<\/li>\n
  • Rovi<\/li>\n
  • Salesforce\/Radian6<\/li>\n
  • SeaChange International<\/li>\n
  • Serotek Corp.<\/li>\n
  • Shape Services<\/li>\n
  • Smarsh<\/li>\n
  • Snap<\/li>\n
  • Social SafeGuard<\/li>\n
  • Socialeyes LLC<\/li>\n
  • SocialNewsdesk<\/li>\n
  • Socialware\/Proofpoint<\/li>\n
  • SoundayMusic<\/li>\n
  • Spotify<\/li>\n
  • Spredfast<\/li>\n
  • Sprinklr\/Sprinklr Japan<\/li>\n
  • Storyful Limited\/News Corp<\/li>\n
  • Tagboard<\/li>\n
  • Telescope<\/li>\n
  • Tradable Bits, TradableBits Media Inc.<\/li>\n
  • UPS<\/li>\n
  • Vidpresso<\/li>\n
  • Vizrt Group AS<\/li>\n
  • Wayin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    S<\/span>ince 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.<\/p>\n

    K<\/span>ogan, 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.<\/p>\n

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    Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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