We admit that Facebook has 'shared user data with 61 companies'

Facebook allowed access to the company's user data for application development of application developers and technology companies, but due to the fact that some of the applications misappropriated user data , 2015 Announced that it will ban access in May. According to a document that Facebook submitted to the US Congress on June 29, 2018, the company said it had extended the access deadline for user data to 61 companies for six months even after it announced it prohibited access It is that.

(PDF file) House Energy and Commerce Questions for the Record
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20180411/108090/HHRG-115-IF00-Wstate-ZuckerbergM-20180411-SD003.pdf

Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies
https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/facebook-data-privacy.html

The document that Facebook submitted to the US Congress is a reply to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company, for a number of questions received at the hearing of the US Congress in April 2018, It has been constructed.

After announcing in May 2015 that Facebook has frozen access to user data recorded by third parties such as user's name, gender, date of birth, etc., AOL, Nike, cargo shipping The company's United Parcel Service, Hinge of the dating app, etc. total 61 companies, revealed that the access deadline for user data was extended for "six months". In addition to this, Facebook has made it clear in the document "We identified five companies that may have tested a beta application that has the function of collecting user's friend data".

Based on user consent, the company also revealed the existence of 52 companies that shared user data, including companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung and others. According to Facebook, when the document is submitted, it is said that the contract is already completed with 38 companies, seven companies by the end of July 2018, and the remaining seven companies by the end of October 2018.

However, Facebook said it intends to continue to develop applications for people suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and with the three companies, Apple, Amazon and Tobii involved in this development, in 2018 10 He said that he will continue the partnership even after the month. We also continue to continue partnerships that do not require access to user data, such as the development of notification functions for web browsers that have contracts with Mozilla, Opera Software, and others.