There was a serious privacy hole in the Google Plus social network that meant users names, email addresses, dates of birth, genders, profile photographs, places lived, relationship statuses, and occupations were exposed to third-party app developers through an API bug. In March 2018, Google chose not to go public that it had been failing to protect its users’ privacy for years, fearful that it would find itself in the medias headlights when arch-rival Facebook was being flayed over Cambridge Analytica. Google has now admitted that Google Plus has suffered another security failure, allowing the personal information of 52 million users to be accessed by apps and developers.”]