Mail.ru’s apps have been allowed to collect data on Facebook Inc. users, the Russian internet firm said.
Mail.ru, the Russian internet company owned by Kremlin-friendly billionaire Alisher Usmanov, told Bloomberg it used Facebook users’ data for commercial purposes to promote its products.
A spokesman for Mail.ru said the company hasn’t been misusing Facebook users’ data and is ready to go through a technological audit on the matter, if required.
CNN previously reported the data use, citing Facebook and Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.)
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