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===Instagram uses personal data for advertisements without proper consent (Nov. 2020)=== | ===Instagram uses personal data for advertisements without proper consent (Nov. 2020)=== | ||
=== Instagram data breach (May 2019) === | |||
In May 2019 Instagram suffered a big data breach which exposed sensitive information of almost 50 milion influencers and brands such as phone numbers and email adresses.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 20, 2019 |title=Millions of Instagram influencers had their contact data scraped and exposed |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/20/instagram-influencer-celebrity-accounts-scraped/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Instagram data breach! 49 million users’ sensitive data exposed online |url=https://cisomag.com/instagram-data-breach-49-million-users-sensitive-data-exposed-online/}}</ref>. It was later stated that no more than 350.000 accounts were affected. | |||
===Controversy regarding the data privacy of minors (Mar. 2019)=== | ===Controversy regarding the data privacy of minors (Mar. 2019)=== | ||