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Zi-Ann Lum
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Let this chart in the privacy commissioners' Facebook/Cambridge Analytica report serve as a reminder to think twice about downloading sketchy third-party apps that have a "Login with Facebook" feature
You can read the full report here: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions…
Accountability structure needs some work
How Facebook responds to an investigation that concluded the company violated federal and B.C. privacy laws
Some numbers:
- 300,000 users downloaded the "thisisyourdigitallife" FB app worldwide
- *276* FB users in Canada downloaded the app
- App got access to approx. *622,000* Canadian users' personal information bc they were friends of users who downloaded the app
Privacy commissioners are planning to take Facebook to federal court
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