Gov. Cuomo Orders Investigation into Facebook Practices Related to Users’ Data

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Additionally, the governor said, “New Yorkers deserve to know their information is safe, and we must hold internet companies—no matter how big—responsible for upholding the law and protecting the information of smartphone users.”

Furthermore, Cuomo called on federal regulator to “step up and help” the state of New York stopped the invasion of consumers’ privacy and protect the rights of consumers.

Industry standard practice

In response to the WSJ report and the governor’s order, a Facebook spokesperson to The Hill that the company will instruct some apps to stop sharing sensitive information. The spokesperson stated that some of the cases exposed by the newspaper violated the social media giant’s term of service.

In addition, the spokesperson explained, “Sharing information across apps on your iPhone or Android device is how mobile advertising works and is industry standard practice.”

“The issue is how apps use information for online advertising. We require app developers to be clear with their users about the information they are sharing with us, and we prohibit app developers from sending us sensitive data. We also take steps to detect and remove data that should not be shared with us.”