Google email to those affected by data leakage

Η started her notifications to those affected by the error in Google + API which was disclosed in December 2018. The notification contains details about which profile data was exposed, and which they had access to them.

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On December 10, 2018, Google announced that a bug in the Google+ API allowed apps that had from the user to see private data on their profile that normally they should not have access to.

According to the company's announcement, this error affected over 50 millions of users.

Since last week, Google+ users who have been affected by this bug have begun receiving notifications from Google that mention which profile fields were exposed and which applications accessed them. The fields exposed as well as the applications are in an attached file called app_details.csv, in accordance with bleepingcomputer.

The company has already decided to end the social Google+ in August 2019 due to lack of interest from users, but also a previous error in the API who leaked personal information from 500.000 Google+ accounts.

With the unveiling of the second bug in the API in December, Google has decided to close the service against "headaches, headaches." 2019.

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