Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for years.
Several Twitter users have reported finding months or years of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file.
A number of Facebook users have been spooked by the recent Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, prompting them to download all the data that Facebook stores on their account.
The results have been alarming for some.
In a statement given to Ars Technica, Facebook pointed out that the call log was “a widely used practice to begin by uploading your phone contacts.”
The person added that users give their consent by uploading their contacts, a function that’s optional. People can also delete contact data from their profiles by using a tool available on Web browsers, Facebook stated.
Source: CNBC
