How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Might Have Been Shared With Cambridge Analytica

The notice will appear in users’ news feeds, but you can check up on it now in the Help Center, and see the new Apps and Websites settings page

Facebook's current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what's happening now, you have to look back at Facebook's old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman
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It’s time to find out if your Facebook data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Late Monday, Facebook Inc. said it began posting notices in users’ news feeds to inform them whether they’re among the estimated 87 million people affected. But you don’t have to wait for the notice.

To check if you or your friends logged into “This Is Your Digital Life,” the app that shared information with Cambridge Analytica, click on this Help Center link.

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