FTC complaint accuses Facebook of revealing sensitive health data in groups
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission is accusing Facebook of failing to protect sensitive health data in its groups.
The complaint, filed with the agency last month and released publicly today, argues that the company improperly disclosed information on members of closed groups. The issue first came into the public eye in July, when members of a group for women with a gene mutation called BRCA discovered sensitive information, like names and email addresses of members, could be downloaded in bulk, either manually or through a Chrome extension.
Around that time, Facebook made changes to Groups that ended the practice, but said the decision was not related to the BRCA...