Senators to Facebook: We want answers on data collecting app
https://www.cnet.com/news/senators-to-facebook-we-want-answers-on-data-collecting-app/
In separate press releases, the senators pointed to growing frustration with the social media giant for not being clear about its data collection practices. For his part, Warner said he is drafting a bill to require major companies to get informed consent from users whose data becomes the target of market research.
"I have concerns that users were not appropriately informed about the extent of Facebook's data-gathering and the commercial purposes of this data collection," Warner wrote in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Senators to Facebook: We want answers on data collecting app
Jan 31, 2019, 1:34am UTC
https://www.cnet.com/news/senators-to-facebook-we-want-answers-on-data-collecting-app/
> In separate press releases, the senators pointed to growing frustration with the social media giant for not being clear about its data collection practices. For his part, Warner said he is drafting a bill to require major companies to get informed consent from users whose data becomes the target of market research.
> "I have concerns that users were not appropriately informed about the extent of Facebook's data-gathering and the commercial purposes of this data collection," Warner wrote in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.