An app developer gave information on up to 87 million Facebook users to Cambridge Analytica, mostly without their permission, setting off a scandal over data privacy when it was reported this year. That developer was able to make the deal with the firm because the data was stored on his servers. Facebook said that in the device partnerships described by the New York Times, personal data were mostly processed on users’ phones.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 04, 2018 17:48 UTC