As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants
Data is the new oil... For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and interviews. The special arrangements are detailed in hundreds of pages of Facebook documents obtained by The New York Times. The records, generated in 2017 by the company’s internal system for tracking partnerships, provide the most complete picture yet of the social network’s data-sharing practices. They also underscore how personal data has become the most prized commodity of the digital age, traded on a vast scale by some of the most powerful companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. Read more https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*
I hope this is helpful-I’m actually surprised at the number of inaccuracies in that NYT article. https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/12/facebooks-messaging-partnerships/ On Dec 18, 2018, at 11:45 PM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Data is the new oil... For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and interviews. The special arrangements are detailed in hundreds of pages of Facebook documents obtained by The New York Times. The records, generated in 2017 by the company’s internal system for tracking partnerships, provide the most complete picture yet of the social network’s data-sharing practices. They also underscore how personal data has become the most prized commodity of the digital age, traded on a vast scale by some of the most powerful companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. Read more https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2018_12_18_technology_facebook-2Dprivacy.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=TtMXIsI08phHuQlvc6VmVH4k8CQ3GtJGpAUYsxD-_vk&s=SoUbI_wbPtYMnOvXIptleYhArX3tXDjdsyzjFepvBuA&e=> Victor Kapiyo Partner | Lawmark Partners LLP Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | Web: www.lawmark.co.ke<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lawmark.co.ke&d=DwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=TtMXIsI08phHuQlvc6VmVH4k8CQ3GtJGpAUYsxD-_vk&s=J8Gu4wt9aiMWDEgw2NbzCLkk_p8J-x8atVkE8N5Tgj8&e=> ==================================================== “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_listinfo_kictanet&d=DwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=TtMXIsI08phHuQlvc6VmVH4k8CQ3GtJGpAUYsxD-_vk&s=557zqYmUrkjTZnhRELGiMvcwG1VlKbWBbxrYZ1TelgU&e= Twitter: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_kictanet&d=DwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=TtMXIsI08phHuQlvc6VmVH4k8CQ3GtJGpAUYsxD-_vk&s=A2YHoZcFilEgLGXOX-s1CD_yINyUkyG_W4rnPDlflrA&e= Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_options_kictanet_ebeleokobi-2540fb.com&d=DwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=TtMXIsI08phHuQlvc6VmVH4k8CQ3GtJGpAUYsxD-_vk&s=Bc9lCHhUgdoZKFafg9bYSI5iaFfZiUldwTlw0KI0myc&e= The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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