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IANS | 14 Mar, 2019
Facebook is facing criminal investigation in the US for the data deals
it had entered into with smartphone makers and other technology giants,
The New York Times reported.
A grand jury in New York has
subpoenaed records from at least two smartphone makers that had entered
into partnerships with the social media giant, said the report on
Wednesday citing unnamed sources.
These two companies were among
more than 150, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Sony, that had
cut sharing deals with Facebook, gaining broad access to the personal
information of millions of its users.
Facebook earlier reportedly
admitted that it had shared users' data with embattled Chinese company
Huawei along with three other China-based smartphone makers Lenovo, OPPO
and TCL.
These agreements allowed the companies to see users' friends, contact information and other data, sometimes without consent.
Facebook has phased out most of the partnerships over the past two years, The New York Times report said.
"We
are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously," a
Facebook spokesman was quoted as saying in a statement.
"We've provided public testimony, answered questions and pledged that we will continue to do so."
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