While a few weeks ago, Facebook was still asking passwords to some of its users, to supposedly "authenticate their account", the Prosecutor General's Office will investigate a new scandal related to the giant networks social.
Earlier this month, we learned that Facebook had "unintentionally" saved the data of 1.5 million users. The survey will examine how data collection took place.
Indeed, a few days ago, Facebook said: "We found that in some cases, the e-mail contacts of some users were downloaded involuntarily on our platform. We estimate at 1.5 million the number of e-mail contacts that have been downloaded. These contacts have not been shared with anyone and we are removing them now. "
According to the New York Times, the social network would have used this data to refine its advertising targeting processes and proposals for connections to new friends. The concern was that the users concerned did not know that their data was collected and exploited. Since then, Facebook has promised that it will delete the collected data and that it will be vigilant so that it does not happen again.
Letitia James, Attorney General of the New York office said: "It is time for Facebook to be held accountable for the way it treats our personal information. The social platform has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of respect for the personal data of its users. This latest scandal has allowed Facebook to collect 1.5 million email lists. In concrete terms, Facebook has been able to access tens of millions of emails thanks to this intrusion, and it is distressing. I wish this to be the last demonstration, that Facebook does not take seriously its role in protecting our private lives. "
