Facebook’s data scandal should be a wake-up call about our online footprint

Facebook’s data scandal should be a wake-up call about our online footprint

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/facebook-data-scandal-should-be-a-wake-up-call-about-online-footprint.html

Believe it or not, something good for consumers could come out of the Facebook data scandal.

To recap, a quiz app harvested 50 million Facebook profiles for data which were then sent over to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that was caught claiming it handled the digital aspects of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.

Facebook’s data scandal should be a wake-up call about our online footprint

Mar 27, 2018, 6:13am UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/facebook-data-scandal-should-be-a-wake-up-call-about-online-footprint.html >Believe it or not, something good for consumers could come out of the Facebook data scandal. >To recap, a quiz app harvested 50 million Facebook profiles for data which were then sent over to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that was caught claiming it handled the digital aspects of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.