Since yesterday (9), Facebook began to warn each user who was affected by the Cambridge Analytica case, stating that their data was leaked through the social network. This comes after Facebook confessed that the estimated number of people affected rose from 50 million to 87 million, with the majority of the population in the United States. Spain, on the other hand, is the eighth country affected, with 443 users, who should soon know who was affected by the scandal.
The notice must be sent to users via the news feed, where a post at the top of the feed will explain the leak situation and say that you or one of your friends on the social network must have taken the "This is Your Digital Life" test. , and that the test stole in addition to yours, but the information of all your Facebook friends.
The stolen data was passed on to Cambridge Analytica, and later used to promote Donald Trump's campaign for the US presidency. In the message from the social network it says:
"Starting Monday, April 9th, we'll show people a link at the top of their newsfeed so they can see which apps they use and the information they've shared with those apps. People will also be able to remove apps they use. no longer want. As part of this process, we will also let people know if their information may have been inappropriately shared with Cambridge Analytica," Facebook said.
The notices will come as a form of notification in the news feed.
In the image above, it is described what this warning will look like. If you are one of the affected users, this notice will appear in your Spanish Feed. To find out about your situation, just open Facebook in your browser or mobile phone and go to your news feed.
Tip: Here's how to tell if your Facebook data was leaked to Cambridge Analytica.
After doing this, if your data was misused by Cambridge Analytica or any other company that should now be banned from the social network, the notice will be there at the top in the form of a notification, explaining what happened and who had access to your data.
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This notice demonstrates how important the case was, and how much Facebook is willing to redeem itself. In the warning it is clarified in a very clear tone if the user has been hit and even leads him to see which applications and websites have access to his data. However, it is unknown whether these notifications help keep users safe in the long term.
According to the social network's statement, they believe that these changes will better protect people's information and still allow developers to create useful experiences. "We know we have more work to do - and we'll keep you updated as we make more changes."
Those who haven't been affected will also receive a security warning where users can click where it says "go to apps and websites", where they can manage the apps and websites that are connected to their Facebook accounts.
