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    Facebook Defends Giving Device Makers Access To Users' Data For Years

    The company says it shared the data only to help Apple, Samsung and other device makers "recreate Facebook-like experiences." It denies a New York Times report that "deep access" was granted.
    by Bill Chappell Jun 04, 2018 3 minutes
    Facebook says it disagrees with how <em>The New York Times</em> is presenting data-sharing deals it has used for at least 10 years. Here, a man reads security parameters on his phone in front of a Facebook logo in Bordeaux, southwestern France.

    Facing new accusations about how it handles users' data, Facebook says "we disagree" with reports that the company exposed a wealth of private information to other tech giants as part of its plan to become ubiquitous on mobile devices.

    Facebook says it made deals with around 60 companies, from Apple, Amazon and Blackberry to HTC, Microsoft and Samsung, to "recreate Facebook-like experiences" on their devices.

    The data-sharing partnerships, made a decade ago, were highlighted by , which reports that in some cases, "device makers could retrieve personal

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