'Outrageous abuse of privacy': New York orders inquiry into Facebook data use

Order follows report that Facebook may access highly personal information including weight, blood pressure and ovulation status

New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook may be accessing far more personal information than previously known from smartphone users, including health and other sensitive data.

The directive to New York's department of state and department of financial services (DFS) came after the Wall Street Journal said testing showed that Facebook collected personal information from other apps on users' smartphones within seconds of them entering it.