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Oregon, Washington AGs Write Facebook Over Privacy Policy Concerns

<p>In this June 21, 2017, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz Wednesday, March 22, 2018, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.</p>

Nam Y. Huh

In this June 21, 2017, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz Wednesday, March 22, 2018, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.

 The attorneys general of 35 states, plus Guam and American Samoa, wrote a letter to Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg expressing concerns about the company's privacy policy.

Oregon’s Ellen Rosenblum and Washington’s Bob Ferguson were among the attorneys general who signed the letter.

The letter, dated March 26, 2018, follows the news that a political data-mining site improperly acquired data from 50 million Facebook profiles.

The AGs said in their letter that they “need to understand Facebook’s policies and procedures in light of the reported misuse of data by developers.” The attorneys general asked for a “full accounting” of what happened related to the data breach.

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Erica Morrison