For six years, the app was taking 40 million Facebook users data, the danger of using it wrong; Company deleted

Social media company Facebook has informed in a blog post that the third party app myPersonality on the platform has been banned because this app was sharing data from Facebook users with researchers and companies. Facebook has informed that about 40 lakh Facebook users have been notified by this notification and they have been informed that their data could be misused.

 

MyPersonality was active on the App Platform since 2012 and since then it was constantly stealing users' personal data and sharing with researchers and companies.

Whether the user accessed the friend list or not, not the information: Facebook

- Facebook wrote in his blog post that 'MyPersonality App did not consider our audit request, due to which it has been banned from the platform.'

- The company wrote, "However, there is no evidence that the app has access to information about the user's friend list or friend. If such a thing is known, then the information of those whose data is stolen will also be sent to their friends. '

For this reason, more than 400 applications were banned: Facebook wrote in a blog post: "In March, we started investigating third party apps, which were misusing users' data or sharing them with other companies. That's why more than 400 apps have already been banned. '

- Facebook wrote, "We have also made changes in our policy to prevent misuse of user data. Under which if a user does not use any third party application for 90 days, then the user's data will not be shared with him.

 

The app said that Facebook did not give any reason to ban: MyPersonality App was developed by the researcher David Steelwell. With the help of this app, users could know about their personality.

- Steelwell told that before the use of the app, users were given all necessary information. He said, 'When Facebook banned our app from our platform, then we asked him the reason, but Facebook has yet to tell the exact reason.'