Tech firms under pressure by civil liberties group to take ‘security pledge’

Leading US privacy, civil liberties and human rights organizations have launched a campaign calling on tech companies to take concrete steps to protect their users in the wake of revelations about the harvesting and manipulation of Facebook data conducted by Cambridge Analytica.

In an open letter to the tech companies, the group, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Color of Change, Fight for the Future and others, are calling on Facebook, Google and their cohorts to commit “to protecting their users’ data from exploitation and securing their users’ human rights, ensuring their products and services do not put human rights at risk”.

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The groups have launched a website, Security Pledge, and are calling on people to add their names to the open letter.

The campaign was launched after the Observer revealed Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users.

 

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