Lawmakers want to question Facebook about the privacy of groups
Lawmakers are looking to question Facebook about its privacy practices after allegations that the service revealed sensitive health information in groups.
In a Federal Trade Commission complaint, filed last month and publicly released yesterday, a security researcher and health advocates said the company was failing to keep sensitive data secure. The complaint stemmed from an incident last year, when members of a group for women with a gene mutation called BRCA learned that information like names and email addresses could be accessed from “closed” groups.
Facebook has since removed the ability to harvest that information, but it has denied that there was ever a security loophole, and has pointed to the option to create less discoverable...