Cambridge Analytica
Facebook asking bank account info and card transactions of users
In what is supposed to be a pure speculation, for now, Facebook, the social media giant is facing a new allegation of approaching banks to share financial data related to its users. The speculations seem ripe based on a recently published Wall Street Journal report that suggests that the Mark Zuckerberg led company is nowadays […]
UK Watchdog imposes £500,000 penalty on Facebook
UK’s data Watchdog has imposed a penalty of £500,000 pounds on Facebook for fraudulently handing over the personal information of its American users to Cambridge Analytica in 2015. Henceforth the said sum happens to be the largest possible fine imposed by Britain’s Information Commission on any private company till date. The press statement released by […]
Facebook says no compensation to EU users for Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook users from Europe expected for compensation from the Mark Zuckerberg’s Company when the latter was found guilty in the recently discovered Cambridge Analytica data scandal. But the social media networking giant announced yesterday that there would be no financial payout for affected users from European region- a statement released after Facebook (FB) CEO went […]
Passport numbers were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack
News is out that passport numbers of nearly half of the US population were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack which took place last year. And the credit bureau agency admits that nearly 147 million were affected in the attack. After the congressional inquiries, it is said that over 3200 passports numbers, 12,000 social security card […]
After Facebook Twitter gets entangled in Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook has made it official early this month that his company did share details of its 87 million US users with British Political Consulting Firm Cambridge Analytica. He also testified his statement before the Congress and added that he and his company will from now on follow strict rules when […]
Facebook alleges Google, Twitter and Amazon also harvest user data
Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica data scandal seems to have started a blame game. In a recent blog post put on the company’s official blog the social media giant has pointed fingers at Google, Amazon and Twitter for using data collection tactics as it does. Furthermore the worlds leading social networking website said that Google […]
Facebook may pay £12000 compensation to each UK User
British Populace is in a plan to sue Facebook for its data scandal and is confident to get a £12000 compensation each from the social media giant. Announcing the same yesterday, a few of the elite group from Briton along with their lawyers issued a public statement which said that they might sue Mark Zuckerberg […]
User posts on Facebook are scanned says Mark Zuckerberg
As the media is throwing light on the scandal of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook on day to day basis, Mark Zuckerberg’s latest revelation is adding fuel to it on a further note. Recently, the leader of the Facebook admitted that his company scans all the posts and messages of its users published on its Platform. […]
Can deleting your Facebook account fend off your privacy concerns
Facebook and its found Mark Zuckerberg are back in news for all wrong reasons. Early this week, the social media giant admitted that it did share its user data with a UK based data analytics firm named Cambridge Analytica which in-turn used the data to boost Trump presidential campaign on a positive note in US […]
Data firm tapped 50m facebook profiles to influence Trump Presidential Campaign
Cambridge Analytica, a London based data mining and data analytics firm is alleged to have tapped over 50 million Facebook profiles of Americans to influence the Trump Presidential Campaign in US 2016 Polls. As per the details available from UK’s renowned news source Guardian, Cambridge Analytica is known to build psychological profiles in order to […]
