The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Facebook violated a government privacy agreement by allowing Cambridge Analytica to obtain users’ personal data, according to a report from Bloomberg. “We remain strongly committed to protecting people’s information,” Facebook’s Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Rob Sherman said in a statement. “We appreciate the opportunity to answer questions the FTC may have.”
Facebook agreed to the settlement, known as a consent decree, in 2011, after allegedly deceiving users over how much personal information they were sharing.
The FTC argued that Facebook had misled users by not explaining, among other problems, how much data third-party apps received. As part of the settlement, Facebook agreed to rules governing its users’ privacy, including receiving express consent before using data beyond privacy settings.
“We are aware of the issues that have been raised but cannot comment on whether we are investigating,” an FTC spokesperson said in a statem. “We take any allegations of violations of our consent decrees very seriously as we did in 2012 in a privacy case involving Google.”
After news broke last week that Cambridge Analytica obtained information on 50 million Facebook users through a seemingly innocuous app, starting in 2014, some former FTC officials behind the 2011 order speculated yesterday in The Washington Post about whether Facebook had violated the decree.
If the FTC ultimately decides Facebook did violate the agreement, the company could be open to millions in fines, according to the Post — not to mention even more public outrage for violating the landmark privacy deal.
Nimbus Data Unveils the world's largest 3.5-inch SSD with 100TB storage
Nimbus Data has unveiled the ExaDrive DC100, which crams 100TB of 3D flash memory into a standard 3.5-inch SATA form factor.
For context, that's 20 million songs (if you assume 5MB each) in a device small enough to fit into your home PC.
Not only is the ExaDrive DC100 the world's largest 3.5-inch SSD, but it's also reportedly the world's most energy efficient according to the company. The SSD draws 80-90 percent less power (0.1-watts per terabyte) than competing SSDs.
Though the SSD is designed for the enterprise, its standard 3.5-inch design means you could easily pop this baby into your own PC tower and never have to worry about storage again. Speeds are roughly in-line with enterprise-grade SSD, too: up to 100K read/write IOps "for balanced performance."
Nimbus's 100TB SSD more than triples that, which means over 17,000 HD movies.
