Cambridge Analytica

Facebook, FTC Reportedly Reach $5B Settlement
Facebook, FTC Reportedly Reach $5B Settlement
July 12, 2019  |  Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have reached a tentative decision to settle ongoing privacy issues with a $5 billion settlement, according to a report...

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Italy Fines Facebook $1.1M For Mishandling Data
Italy Fines Facebook $1.1M For Mishandling Data
June 28, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

An Italian data protection regulator hit Facebook with a fine of  €1 million ($1.1M) for violating local privacy laws in relation to the Cambridge Analytica...

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US Judge: Facebook May Have Improperly Handled Data Breaches
US Judge: Facebook May Have Improperly Handled Data Breaches
May 31, 2019  |  Legal

Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Chancery Court has ruled that there’s a “credible basis” to infer that Facebook may have committed malfeasance in...

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Facebook Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
Facebook Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
March 22, 2019  |  Facebook

In a District of Columbia court filing involving Cambridge Analytica, new details have come to light surrounding how much Facebook might have known about data-scraping efforts...

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Owner Of Cambridge Analytica Slapped With $19,000 Fine
Owner Of Cambridge Analytica Slapped With $19,000 Fine
January 09, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

SCL Elections, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, has been fined about $19,000 for not answering an American citizen’s request for data the company held...

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Study: Users Will Give Up Facebook For $1K
Study: Users Will Give Up Facebook For $1K
January 03, 2019  |  Facebook

It’s an annual tradition come early January — people everywhere pulling back from their resolutions, finding some wiggle room in the certainty of change that...

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Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
December 27, 2018  |  Facebook

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica breach and the knowledge that the company was selling private information to companies might mean that Congress will consider a version...

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DC AG Sues Facebook Over Data Collection
DC AG Sues Facebook Over Data Collection
December 19, 2018  |  Facebook

Prosecutors in Washington, DC, are suing Facebook over stolen user data related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to reports. The DC attorney general’s (AG)...

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UK Parliament Considers Publishing Confidential Facebook Docs
UK Parliament Considers Publishing Confidential Facebook Docs
November 26, 2018  |  Facebook

The U.K. Parliament could release confidential documents on Facebook that it seized, as soon as this week, as the pressure on the social media’s executives mounts...

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