Facebook's data privacy scandal[1], kicked off by Cambridge Analytica[2] revelations late last month, is far from dying out. CEO Mark Zuckerberg[3] is set to testify to US Congress[4] on Tuesday and Wednesday, while other executives have begun doing the rounds[5] of various regulators in Europe. Facebook[6] had revealed that data of 87 million users[7] had been shared, a number that was significantly larger than the original 50 million estimate. Amongst those, over 5 lakh users[8] were from India.
The social network had last week promised it would notify all those users whose data had been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, starting April 9. However, those notifications appear to be slow to roll out[9]. In the meanwhile, Facebook has released a tool that shows whether you were amongst those who were affected - specifically, by the This Is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica.
To see if you were one of those whose data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, you need to visit this Facebook Help Centre page[10]. Titled 'How can I tell if my info was shared with Cambridge Analytica?', the page clearly explains the process to check.
A box is seen on the page, titled 'Was my information shared?', and within that lies the answer you're looking for. If like us, you weren't affected, you will be informed that "neither you nor your friends have logged into 'This Is Your Digital Life'. As a result, it doesn't appear your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica by 'This Is Your Digital Life'." Needless to say, you need to be logged in to...