A regulator is investigating Facebook with a reminder to cast your vote

A feature of Facebook that allows people to be reminded to go to the polls during the elections and, may be, for use in the European Union. The Irish datatoezic

A regulator is investigating Facebook with a reminder to cast your vote

A feature of Facebook that allows people to be reminded to go to the polls during the elections and, may be, for use in the European Union. The Irish datatoezichthouder to examine the data that Facebook with the function that collects, writes Reuters.

finally, Facebook will send users on the election since the 2014 is a reminder to go to the polls. The Irish Data Protection Commission said, however, that Facebook, that won't be allowed to do so in the European countries, until the various concerns surrounding the collection of user data have been removed.

The regulator has not disclosed what information is being collected and what will be the take care to be precise. However, it is clear that it is about transparency and the direction of users. Thus, it would not be at all clear how any personal information collected is handled.

Facebook requires the Data Protection Commission is submitted to it to answer questions; then, the feature may be in use. Facebook has not commented, but said generally, the only information on the age and location in order to determine who will be the reminder to appear.

Date Of Update: 28 February 2020, 09:01
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