Facebook數(shù)據泄密丑聞繼續(xù)發(fā)酵

Facebook is set to face questions from US regulators about how user data were leaked to Cambridge Analytica, the UK company that worked for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

對于用戶數(shù)據怎么會被泄露給英國劍橋分析公司(Cambridge Analytica)，F(xiàn)acebook勢必將面對美國監(jiān)管者的提問。劍橋分析曾為唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)的總統(tǒng)競選團隊效力。

Global pressure on the technology group is mounting over revelations about the data leak to the secretive political consultancy, which have prompted a slide in Facebook’s shares.

目前全球對Facebook的壓力越來越大，起因是有爆料稱，其用戶數(shù)據被泄露給上述行事隱秘的政治咨詢公司。這起丑聞已造成Facebook股價下滑。

According to people familiar with the matter, the Federal Trade Commission is writing to Facebook to ask for more information about how Cambridge Analytica obtained data from more than 50m Facebook users, mostly US voters.

據熟悉此事的人士透露，美國聯(lián)邦貿易委員會(FTC)致函Facebook，要求進一步了解劍橋分析究竟如何獲得逾5000萬Facebook用戶(主要是美國選民)的數(shù)據。

The information was gathered from a survey of 270,000 users, who gave access to their data for research. But it was then used for political purposes without Facebook or the users’ consent or knowledge.

這些信息是在一項對27萬用戶進行的調查中收集的，這些用戶讓研究者獲取自己的數(shù)據。但這些信息之后在沒有征得Facebook或用戶同意、亦未讓其知情的情況下被用于政治目的。

Shares in Facebook fell 5.4 per cent to $163.20 in mid-morning in New York. The stock has fallen more than 12 per cent since the leak was first reported in The New York Times and The Observer.

截至紐約周二上午交易中段，F(xiàn)acebook股價進一步下跌5.4%，至163.20美元。自《紐約時報》(New York Times)和《觀察家報》(The Observer)首次報道數(shù)據泄密事件以來，該股已累計下跌逾12%。

The social network risks being found in violation of a 20-year user privacy settlement it signed with the FTC in 2011, designed to make it clearer how user data were shared.

該社交網絡面臨的風險在于，它可能被認定違反了其在2011年與美國聯(lián)邦貿易委員會簽署的20年用戶隱私協(xié)議，該和解協(xié)議旨在更清楚地規(guī)定分享用戶數(shù)據的方式。

David Vladeck, a former director at the US regulator who oversaw the settlement, said Facebook could face fines of up to $40,000 per affected user if it had violated the agreement. If it had to pay a fine for all 50m whose data might have been compromised, it would cost $2tn.

原美國聯(lián)邦貿易委員會消費者保護局主任、曾領導這家美國監(jiān)管機構與Facebook達成上述和解的戴維•弗拉德克(David Vladeck)表示，如果Facebook違反了協(xié)議，該公司可能面臨每位受影響用戶4萬美元的罰款。如果它不得不按照這個標準為數(shù)據可能被泄露的所有5000萬用戶支付罰款，它將需要破費2萬億美元。

Rob Sherman, Facebook deputy chief privacy officer, said: “We remain strongly committed to protecting ­people’s information. We appreciate the opportunity to answer questions the FTC may have.”

Facebook副首席隱私官羅布•謝爾曼(Rob Sherman)表示：“我們仍然堅定致力于保護人們的信息。我們感激有機會回答聯(lián)邦貿易委員會可能提出的問題。”

Facebook said it would brief lawmakers in Washington this week on the Cambridge Analytica revelations.

Facebook表示，本周將在華盛頓向立法者介紹有關劍橋分析公司事件的情況。

The FTC declined to comment on whether it was investigating. But it said: “We take any allegations of violations of our consent decrees very seriously.”

聯(lián)邦貿易委員會拒絕評論它是否已展開調查。但它說：“我們非常認真地對待有關違反我們同意令的任何指控。”

Facebook discovered that Cambridge Analytica had obtained the data in 2015 from Global Science Research, a company run by Aleksander Kogan, a Cambridge university psychology lecturer. The tech group asked the data analytics firm to delete the data but did not report it as a leak. Cambridge Analytica said it deleted the data and did not use them in work for the Trump campaign.

2015年，F(xiàn)acebook發(fā)現(xiàn)劍橋分析公司從全球科學研究公司(Global Science Research)獲得了相關數(shù)據，后者是劍橋大學(Cambridge University)心理學講師亞歷山大•科根(Aleksander Kogan)經營的。Facebook當時要求劍橋分析刪除相關數(shù)據，但并未將此事報告為泄密事件。劍橋分析表示，它刪除了相關數(shù)據，并沒有將它們用于特朗普的競選活動。

The UK Information Commissioner is seeking a warrant to probe its systems. The head of a British parliamentary committee has written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief executive, calling for a senior executive to account for a “catastrophic failure of process”.

英國信息專員(UK Information Commissioner)正在申請法庭搜查令，以便追查該公司的系統(tǒng)。英國議會一個委員會的負責人已致函Facebook首席執(zhí)行官馬克•扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)，要求該公司派出一位資深高管來解釋這場“災難性的流程失敗”。

Ireland’s data commission, acting for the EU, said it would examine Facebook’s oversight of third-party apps.

代表歐盟的愛爾蘭數(shù)據委員會表示，它將審查Facebook對第三方app的監(jiān)督。