Facebook Admits It Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Private Data

According to a leaked internal document, Facebook is hazy on what it does with the data it collects on its users.

That is a big problem. The company, which has earned a reputation for its careless safekeeping of the wealth of data it has been storing for years, has to abide by new privacy rules being implemented by governments across the globe.

The document was put together by the Ad and Business Product team. The team takes care of the social media network's massive ad system, which is its largest source of revenue.

According to the leaked memo, things have become quite mess.

We don't have an adequate level of control over how our systems use data, and thus we can't confidently make controlled policy changes or external commitments.

If engineers want to follow the rules set out by regulators, they have to know where the data goes.

One of the most comprehensive attempts by governments to limit Big Tech's control over the data it collects on its citizens is Europe's Data Protection Regulation.

For a long time, Facebook has been using phone numbers it collects for contact information to enable two-factor authentication for security purposes.

The company denied any wrongdoing.

The document doesn't describe our processes and controls to comply with privacy regulations, so it's inaccurate to conclude that it shows non-compliance.

It seemed to strike a nerve. A former Facebook employee told the publication that where the data goes is a complete shitshow.

Facebook doesn't know what it does with your data or where it goes.

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