Millions of Instagram users worldwide under 18 years old were exposing their contact details. The kids had converted their personal profiles to “business” profiles, a category Instagram introduced in 2016. The situation was uncovered by David Stier, a San Francisco area data scientist, while he was investigating a different privacy issue in Instagram. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has been assessing the situation since July, and its work is continuing (see: Ireland Assessing Minors’ Profiles on Instagram) On Friday, NBC News’ technology unit published a thorough piece of the story.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/despite-instagram-changes-minors-are-still-at-risk-p-2816