Ads

Instagram removes ad company after 'data grab'

Hyp3r was scraping profiles, copying photos and siphoning off data supposed to be deleted after 24 hours, according to a Business Insider investigation.

Instagram said Hyp3r had "violated" its policies and had been sent legal papers telling it to stop collecting data.

Hyp3r said it complied with privacy regulations and the terms of service for the social networks it targeted.

Business Insider said Instagram's owner, Facebook, should have been more diligent about preventing data grabbing in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.