The revelations around Facebook do not seem to end! This time, the social networking platform was accused of granting special access to user data to selected companies. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Facebook has reached agreements with some companies, such as Royal Bank of Canada and Nissan Motors, known as "Whitelists". These companies can access the mobile phone number and user friend information.
The companies with which they shared the data used them for advertising and other purposes. Facebook itself announced that data has been shared with some companies. In fact, however, it was found that the number of these companies is greater than the number that was discovered.
According to his representatives, Facebook provided access to data containing information about users' friends, to a "small number" of companies with the incentive to improve user experience and test new features, since it was illegal to share data with developers in 2015.
Facebook Vice President, Ime Archibong, said they always had a "consistent and bottom-up approach to how they've been working with developers over the past 11 years." He added that Facebook has "worked closely" with some developers from time to time to test new features and introduce new products into the market.
It seems that Facebook's mistakes about data handling are coming to the surface. This has further aggravated the situation on the platform, which is criticized by lawmakers and users.
Source: Secnews.gr
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