Facebook Threatens to Use Data from Hundreds of Thousands of Applications
Facebook threatens to close access to user data for hundreds of thousands of applications that do not send software to the company's review process. PHOTO / Special
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Facebook threatens to close access to user data for hundreds of thousands of applications that do not send software to the company's review process until the specified time limit.
Facebook has set an August 1, 2018 deadline in May at the F8 developer conference, for developers and businesses are asked to resubmit applications to internal reviews, a process that involves signing new contracts in the collection of user data and verifying the authenticity of the application.
The aim is to ensure third-party software on Facebook is in line with company data privacy rules and new restrictions are imposed in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where third-party developers suck user data and sell it to other parties.
Now, after identifying various inactive applications or from developers who did not send their software for review, Facebook cut the application's access to its Platform API.
"We encourage applications that are still in use but have not sent for review applications to do it now," wrote Ime Archibong, Vice President of Product Partnerships, posted on The Verge page.
"If we do not receive it within this timeframe, we will delete the application access to the API that requires approval. "Archibong continued.
Facebook says developers will not lose their API access while their applications in the queue are reviewed by Facebook, provided the software complies with the policy.
(wbs)