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Who's tracking you? Facebook users to get more control over data

By Staff Writer

Aug 21 2019 7:07AM

Tweaking policies to allow users to see and control data the social network gathers.

Who's tracking you? Facebook users to get more control over data

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was tweaking its policies to allow users to see and control the data that the social network gathers from their browsing habits on other websites and apps. The company defines the data, for example when a clothing website shares information with Facebook on ...

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