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Apr 10, 2021 · Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images. Facebook decided not to notify over 530 million of its users whose personal data was lifted in a breach sometime before August 2019 and was recently made ...
Sep 28, 2018 · Facebook may also face unprecedented scrutiny in Europe, where the new General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, requires companies to disclose a breach to a European agency within 72 hours of ...
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More than 500 million Facebook users’ detailswere published online on an underground website used by cyber criminals. It quickly became clear this was not a new data breach, but an older one which had come back to haunt Facebook and the millions of users whose data are now available to purchase online. The data breach is believed to relate to a vul...
There’s no easy way to determine if your details were breached in the recent leak. If the website concerned is acting in your best interest, you should at least receive a notification. But this isn’t guaranteed. Even a tech-savvy user would be limited to hunting for the leaked data themselves on underground websites. The data being sold online cont...
Given the nature of the leak, there is very little Facebook users could have done proactively to protect themselves from this breach. As the attack targeted Facebook’s systems, the responsibility for securing the data lies entirely with Facebook. On an individual level, while you can opt to withdraw from the platform, for many this isn’t a simple o...
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Apr 6, 2021 · The Irish Data Protection Commission said in a statement on Tuesday that it “received no proactive communication from Facebook" regarding the breach. “Previous data sets were published in 2019 ...
Apr 16, 2021 · Facebook faces investigation over data breach; DRI claims Facebook failed to protect user data and notify those who had been affected. The data leak was first discovered and fixed in 2019, but was ...
Apr 20, 2023 · April 20, 2023. If you used Facebook in the United States between May 2007 and December 2022, you can apply to claim your share of a $725 million settlement that Facebook’s parent company agreed ...
Apr 7, 2021 · Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is investigating the breach. In the US, Facebook signed a deal two years ago that gave it immunity from Federal Trade Commission fines for breaches before ...
