https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-kept-sharing-users-friend-data-in-special-deals-report-says/ > Facebook stopped letting other companies access your friends' data in 2015 -- right? > That's what Facebook said in March, after the social media giant came under fire for reports it had let third-party developers access data on all of a user's connections. But The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Facebook cut special deals with some companies that let them continue to access data on its users' friends.