There is one similarity worth pondering, however. In both instances, the campaigns used Facebook's permissive data policies to collect information on people without their consent to use for voter targeting and outreach. And whatever Facebook does to try to keep better tabs on how it shares users' info moving forward, it's safe to assume that data-hungry developers will likely always find some loophole to take as much as data as they possibly can. Meanwhile, Facebook is under investigation from the Federal Trade Commission for sharing its users' data without getting their consent, which may be against federal rules Facebook was supposed to follow about getting explicit permission from users before passing their information to a third party. And as the midterm elections inch closer, digital campaigners might have a fewer tools in their arsenal when it comes to harvesting potential voters' info directly from Facebook. But they'll always find another way.