Zuckerberg’s Call for Data Portability Highlights Security Risks

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted a central problem with data portability in his proposal to allow internet users to transfer their information between companies—who should be responsible for securing it.

Zuckerberg said in a March 30 blog post that data portability requirements need “clear rules about who’s responsible for protecting information when it moves between services.” Without clear data portability rules, companies may struggle with consumer data requests that could imperial data security, privacy advocates and attorneys said.

“If implemented incorrectly, portability requirements pose serious risks to the privacy, security, and integrity of information,” Joe Jerome, policy counsel for ...