Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends

According to a June 3, 2018 article in the New York Times:  "Facebook has reached data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device makers — including Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung — over the last decade... Facebook allowed the device companies access to the data of users’ friends without their explicit consent, even after declaring that it would no longer share such information with outsiders. Some device makers could retrieve personal information even from users’ friends who believed they had barred any sharing... Some device partners can retrieve Facebook users’ relationship status, religion, political leaning and upcoming events, among other data."