The “Off-Facebook Activity” tool released by Facebook is not giving users a complete set of data according to research conducted by Privacy International. The feature, which is intended to let users see what data has been collected about their activities, it turns out, does not provide users with a list of all advertisers that uploaded their personal data. “To put it simply, this tool is not what Facebook claims,” the group said. “The list of advertisers is incomplete and changes over time.”
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