DFS Facebook Report Strengthens the Case for Governor’s Proposed New York Data Accountability and Transparency Act

DFS Facebook Report Strengthens the Case for Governor’s Proposed New York Data Accountability and Transparency Act

At the end of February, the Department of Financial Services released a long- awaited report on the “transmission of sensitive user data by application and website designers to Facebook.” The report concludes a nearly two-year investigation by the Department into the use of sensitive personal data by app developers set in motion by a Wall Street Journal article in February 2019.