Dec. 28, 2018
The CEO of the National Association of Information Technology Asset Managers is warning that the U.S. may adopt European style data privacy rules following disclosures that Facebook allowed outside advertisers and marketers access to private user data on Messenger.
Barbara Rembiesa, president and CEO of IAITAM, said the decision may accelerate the adoption of General Data Protection Regulations similar to what was adopted in Europe, according to an announcement from the organization.
"The year 2018 has been a difficult one for Facebook," she said in the announcement. "Between testifying before both domestic and international courts as well as the bad publicity surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal, one would think that Facebook would be careful about how it handles and distributes personal information."
She noted that organizations in the European Union and currently using data protection officers to handling compliance and that U.S. companies are actively recruiting those type of DPO’s to ensure compliance, according to the announcement.
Facebook defended the disclosures earlier this month, saying that it didn’t disclose any data without permission and denied that it violated an existing settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
Topics: Region: EMEA, Regulatory Issues, Security, Social Media
Companies: Facebook
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