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- Facebook told US lawmakers that while it imposed new data-sharing restrictions on the majority of app developers in May 2015, 61 companies received a special "one-time" extension.
- The list of companies includes Nike, Spotify, and UPS. It is unclear why these companies, in particular, received the extension.
- In addition, Facebook found five companies which theoretically could have accessed restricted friends' data as a result of beta tests.
- The revelation comes after the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the data of 87 million Facebook users was compromised.
Facebook has confessed to breaking its own rules to give 61 companies special access to user data.
In a 747-page document handed to the US House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday, Facebook said app developers could request Facebook data including name, gender, birthdate, location, photos, and page likes.
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