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Article

8 Apr 2018

Author:
Cindy Silviana, Jakarta Globe

Indonesia asks Facebook whether personal data of citizens were shared with political consultancy firm

"Indonesia Examining Whether Facebook Breached Laws on Data", 07 April 2018

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said it has asked Facebook to confirm whether personal data from any Indonesian citizens was shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica and is coordinating with police in case any laws were breached.

Facebook said...that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

..."There is an indication that Indonesian Facebook users are part of Cambridge Analytica's data case. We are requesting an exact figure," Communications Minister Rudiantara said....

...Facebook said...: "We are strongly committed to protecting people's information, and we intend to make all the same privacy controls and settings available everywhere."

The company had taken "significant steps to make our privacy tools easier to find, restrict data access on Facebook, and make our Terms and Data Policy clearer," it said.

...Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday (05/04) that the social network had not seen any meaningful impact on usage or ad sales in the wake of a data privacy scandal.