New York attorney general will reportedly probe Facebook over its ‘unintentional’ collection of contact lists from some users
The New York state attorney general's office on Thursday announced plans to open an investigation into Facebook's improper collection of users' contact lists.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday tweeted that"It's time Facebook be held accountable for how it handles consumers' personal info." The investigation was first reported by the New York Times.Since 2016, Facebook collected the address book data of 1.
The New York attorney general's office's investigation will focus on how this practice occurred and whether more users were impacted, according to the Thursday report. This news comes a day after Facebook took a one-time $3 billion charge in anticipation of a possible fine from the Federal Trade Commission. Facebook warned the actual charge could be as much as $5 billion. The FTC has been probing Facebook since March 2018 following reports that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly access the data of 87 million Facebook users.
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