US federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into Facebook’s policy of granting access to users’ personal data for a number of big IT companies, The New York Times reported.
A grand jury in New York requested records from at least two manufacturers of smartphones and other devices that are said to have reached partnership agreements with Facebook to access users’ personal data, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing its sources.
At the same time, Facebook has reportedly phased out the majority of such partnership agreements within the last two years, according to the newspaper.