Cambridge Analytica obtained sensitive personality data for over 87 million users. Most had not given their permission. The majority— 70.6 million—were in the U.S .

Cambridge Analytica, a company that profiled voters for Donald Trump’s campaign, allegedly harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles, which they used to influence ...

In 2018, Facebook admitted to learning Cambridge Analytica had gained unauthorized access to data on 87 million Facebook users. The firm announced in May 2018 it was closing its doors .

Web surfers have been giving up their personal data for years, often without any thought of how it might be used. That’s now all changed, thanks to the huge stink over the unauthorized ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a unanimous ruling against Cambridge Analytica on Friday, saying the company engaged in “deceptive practices” by harvesting personal data from ...

Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights ...

The Cambridge Analytica scandal was a data privacy controversy that occurred in 2018. It involved the unauthorized harvesting of millions of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica, ...

Facebook now says the data firm Cambridge Analytica gained unauthorized access to up to 87 million users' data, mainly in the United States. This figure is far higher than the 50 million users ...

Facebook is facing international investigations into the illicit harvesting of users' personal data. The information was collected by Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that backed ...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) reached a settlement with Australia's privacy watchdog and agreed to a A$50 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Brittany Kaiser, will be speaking to New York lawmakers about data harvesting practices. Officials hope to stop big tech from “exploiting all the ...