Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Chinese firms Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL were among numerous handset makers that were given access to Facebook data in a "controlled" way approved by Facebook, the social media giant's vice president of mobile partnerships, Francisco Varela, said in a statement on Tuesday. The data included work history, relationship status and likes on device users and their friends. In a follow-up report, The Times said the recipients of Facebook data included Chinese firms like Huawei that have long been labelled a national security threat by Congress. Facebook told the newspaper it would end its data partnership with Huawei by the end of this week.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2018 12:33 UTC