Facebook says it unintentionally uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million users report Fox News
Facebook stated on Wednesday it “by accident uploaded” electronic mail contacts of one.5 million new customers in view that March2019, a record said.
New users were being asked to verify their accounts with their email passwords, a process that in some cases saw users' email contacts uploaded to Facebook, the company told Reuters in a statement.
“We estimate that up to 1.5 million people’s email contacts may have been uploaded. These contacts were not shared with anyone and we are deleting them,” Facebook said. The company noted that users who had their contacts imported would be notified.
The organisation advised Reuters that final month it stopped offering e-mail password verification for users signing up for the primary time
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Facebook has been under fire for privacy-related issues, including a data scandal where Cambridge Analytica obtained 87 million Facebook users’ personal information without their consent.
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2019-04-18 07:20:18Z
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