The social media giant, Facebook, uploaded the contact details of 1.5 million new users without their permission in the last three years, Facebook confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
“The error was discovered amid a change to the sign-up process made in March,’’ Facebook stated in a publicationThe California-based company said the details were not shared with anyone and are now being deleted.The company has seen a string of gaffes involving users’ sensitive information in recent years.
For example, posts from several million users who wanted them to be only viewable to their Facebook friends wereBusiness Insider broke the news about the mistake, reporting that in some cases, a new user’s email address was inadvertently uploaded during the password verification process. “Facebook removed the email password verification step from the sign-up process last month,’’ the company said in the statement.
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