Facebook fends off New York Times claims over data access

Facebook Inc. on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple and different main gadget makers “deep” access to customers’ private data saying any such hyperlinks have been tightly managed and largely topic to customers’ consent. Facebook shares fell 1.three per cent to $191.45 US earlier than the bell on Monday, in what was in any other case an upbeat begin for Wall Road. The software program referred to by the newspaper was launched 10 years in the past and was utilized by about 60 firms, together with Amazon, Apple, Blackberry, HTC, Microsoft and Samsung, Facebook’s vice chairman of product partnerships Ime Archibong wrote in a weblog submit. The Times stated that Facebook allowed firms access to the data of customers’ pals with out their express consent, even after declaring that it will not share such data with outsiders. Some gadget makers may retrieve private data even from customers’ pals who believed that they had barred any sharing, the newspaper stated. “Opposite to claims by the New York Times, pals’ data, like images, was solely accessible on units when folks decided to share their data with these pals,” stated Ime Archibong, Facebook’s vice chairman of product partnerships. Facebook has been beneath scrutiny from regulators and shareholders after it failed to guard the data of some 87 million customers that was shared with now-defunct political data agency Cambridge Analytica. The data scandal was first reported in March by the New York Times and London’s Observer. Archibong additionally stated that these circumstances have been “very completely different” from using data by third celebration builders within the Cambridge row. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/facebook-data-1.4690314?cmp=rss