Facebook Ends Friend Data Access For Microsoft and Sony, the Last 2 of Its Legacy Partners, Under FTC Deal (techcrunch.com) 12
One more consequence of the FTC's investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today: it's finally tightening another string in its privacy policy by cutting off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the company announced today. From a report: It described having allowed them access up to now as "our mistake" after limiting similar access for about 10 other companies at the end of last year. It also noted that it has "not found evidence that any data was used in violation of our policies" as a result of the continuing access. [...] The announcement specifically impacting Microsoft and Sony comes as the company is also announcing a larger overhaul of its API. This will impact "dozens" of partners, the company said, which had been using it to build Facebook experiences on their own apps or devices "that should have been wound down."
not found evidence that any... (Score:4, Funny)
Facebook has investigated Facebook and has determined Facebook has not done anything wrong.
Ooops, we got caught (again!) Sorry. (Score:4, Informative)
...The announcement specifically impacting Microsoft and Sony comes as the company is also announcing a larger overhaul of its API. This will impact “dozens” of partners, the company said, which had been using it to build Facebook experiences on their own apps or devices “that should have been wound down.” (These integrations typically would have led to intentional — but often unintentional — sharing of contacts and synching of contacts between address books, apps and so on.)...
Sony still had access? Really?? (Score:2)
I understand the general need to support legacy software. I don't so much mind Microsoft being the long-tail in closing these APIs. And while leaks can come from anywhere, I would have expected them to limit Sony's access much earlier. They don't exactly have a great history with data leaks.