MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th October, 2018) Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) will request US tech giant Google to provide data on the software bag that exposed private information of some 500,000 users, DPC spokesman told the CNBC broadcaster on Tuesday.
Google confirmed on Monday that a software bug in its Google+ social network had exposed private information of the users such as name, email address, occupation, gender and age to 438 applications. The company noted that it has found "no evidence" of misuse by third parties.
"The DPC was not aware of this issue and we now need to better understand the details of the breach, including the nature, impact and risk to individuals and we will be seeking information on these issues from Google," the spokesman said, as quoted by the broadcaster.
The tech giant said that it had discovered and fixed the bug in March, but reportedly decided to conceal the information about the security breaches in order to avoid reputational damages as well as comparisons to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal.
