Security News > 2020 > July > Facebook Privacy Glitch Gave 5K Developers Access to ‘Expired’ Data

The social media giant said that it recently discovered that 5,000 developers received data from Facebook users - long after their access to that data should have expired.

In 2018, on the heels of the Cambridge Analytica privacy incident, Facebook debuted stricter controls over data collection by third-party app developers.

To bolster its privacy policies, earlier in June, Facebook said it had started to report its privacy practices to a newly formed, independent Privacy Committee.

Facebook said on Wednesday it would attempt to further tighten its policies around third-party data collection by providing developers with clearer guidance around data usage and sharing.

Threatpost has reached out to Facebook for further comment on the privacy flaw, as well as its new privacy policies for developers.

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https://threatpost.com/facebook-privacy-glitch-5k-developers/157118/