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Facebook in hot water over data gathering practices
2013-06-25 14:21:20| InfoWorld: Top News
As if admitting a data breach exposing personal information for 6 million of its members wasn't bad enough, now Facebook is facing growing ire over its data gathering practices. Last Friday, the social network announced it fixed a bug that affected about six million people that allowed some of its members to see additional information about their contacts when using Facebook's "Download Your Information" tool. The tool allows a person to download an archive copy of their Facebook account.
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