#facebook privacy

Meta, Facebook's parent company, has just agreed to a USD $725 million settlement with political analysis firm Cambridge Analytica, as a result of the data scandal it was involved in back in 2018. While Meta has agreed to the payment, NPR reported that Meta did not itself "admit wrongdoing" and that it had revamped its privacy policies following the incident. In 2018, Facebook admitted that it had leaked the user data of at least 87 million Facebook users to the firm, sparking comprehensive investigations and public outrage among Facebook users. The Philippines' very own National Privacy Commission launched its own investigation against Facebook following the leak, especially with the estimated 67 million active Filipino Facebook users at the time. Facebook is launching a new game, Your Profile, Your Home where users can build their own virtual home on Facebook and learn how to personalize their account based on their preferences. Through the game users can learn more about the settings of Facebook such as Privacy settings, Advertiser preferences, and security settings. Through Your Profile, Your Home, Facebook hopes that users will have an easy way to find out just how safe and secure their profiles are. Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer announces its updated plans to restrict data access on Facebook. Read more in our articles including "Meta agrees to USD 725 million settlement for Cambridge Analytica scandal" and "Facebook launches Your Profile, Your Home game".