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'It's like pouring ink into a lake... it flows everywhere': Facebook doesn't know where users' data goes due to its 'open border' system that could see it fail 'tsunami' of crackdowns by privacy regulators, leaked document reveals
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - In a memo sent last year, engineers for the site pointed out flaws in its data management system, saying they can't track where its 2.9billion users' data goes
- The leak comes as the company has come under fire for collecting unwitting users' personal information for purposes including advertising targeting
- The practice is currently automated, workers who wrote the memo revealed
- The leak comes as the company continues to face scrutiny from privacy regulators over its handling of users' sensitive information
- Staffers who penned the memo referred to the system as one with 'open borders' - one that doesn't allow for careful management regulators have called for
- A Facebook spokesperson denied Tuesday that the document shows the company is not complying with mandated privacy regulations
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-27 |
