Facebook let select companies have "special access" to user data, per report

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: June 8, 2018 at 18:35:08 EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Facebook let select companies have "special access" to user data, per report
>
>
> Facebook let select companies have "special access" to user data, per report
>
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/facebook-let-select-companies-have-special-access-to-user-data-per-report/
>    
>      Facebook maintained secret deals with a handful of companies,
>    allowing them to gain "special access to user records," long
>    after it cut off most developers' access to such user data
>    back in 2015, according to a new Friday report by the Wall
>    Street Journal, citing court documents it did not publish and
>    other unnamed sources.  These arrangements, which were known
>    as "whitelists," reportedly allowed "certain companies to
>    access additional information about a user's Facebook
>    friends," including phone numbers.  Numerous companies,
>    including the Royal Bank of Canada and Nissan Motor Company,
>    apparently maintained such deals.
>
> - - -
>
> Why should ANYBODY trust Facebook with ANYTHING?
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren 



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