Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
A federal grand jury is looking at partnerships that gave major tech companies broad access to Facebook users’ information.
More than 150 companies, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Sony, that had cut sharing deals with the world’s dominant social media platform entered into partnerships with Facebook, gaining broad access to the personal information of hundreds of millions of its users.
Source: Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation – The New York Times