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Civil Litigation

Nov. 5, 2019

Judge questions Facebook over ‘backdoor’ data sharing

Facebook Inc. cannot determine which applications had access to private user data through what the federal judge handling the case called a "backdoor" channel to the information, a company attorney argued Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook Inc. cannot determine which applications had access to private user data through what the federal judge handling the case called a "backdoor" channel to the information, a company attorney argued Monday.

Overseen by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, the case concerns accusations Facebook illegally permitted third party applications to obtai...

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