Facebook gave Netflix, Airbnb special access to user data: UK lawmakers

The data was obtained from Six4Three, an app developer that is currently in a legal dispute with Facebook

Facebook Inc gave certain companies, including Netflix and Airbnb, preferential access to user data, according to the company's internal documents released by a British lawmaker.

Dating app Badoo and Lyft were among the other companies 'whitelisted' for access to friends' data, the documents made public on Wednesday by Damian Collins showed.

Collins obtained the documents from Six4Three, an app developer that is currently engaged in a legal battle with Facebook.

"The documents Six4Three gathered for their baseless case are only