Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm at the centre of a storm around misuse of Facebook user data, is shutting down and has filed for bankruptcy “The Company is immediately ceasing ...

Parliament wants to speak to Zuckerberg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. LONDON -- A member of the British Parliament wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before a committee to ...

Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy that worked for the Trump campaign and had come under attack for its use of personal Facebook data in other elections, announced on Wednesday it would ...

The UK’s data watchdog has levied the maximum possible fine against Facebook for its failure to protect user’s personal information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

On March 17, the London Observer and The New York Times reported that UK-based data firm Cambridge Analytica acquired millions of Facebook users’ personal information to build software that ...

Ex Cambridge Analytica employee testifies about data use scandal. It wasn’t until Donald Trump became president that data scientist Christopher Wylie said he realized the full scope of the work ...

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office punished Facebook after finding that the social media giant allowed app developers to access the personal information of millions of users without ...

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 scandal erupted over the weekend when The New York Times and UK media reported that Cambridge Analytica tried to influence American voters using information gleaned from 50 million Facebook users.

Cambridge Analytica is a UK-based data analytics firm, whose parent company is Strategic Communication Laboratories. Cambridge Analytica helps political campaigns reach potential voters online.

Although it operates in the US, Cambridge Analytica is a UK company, meaning the data scandal could have global repercussions. It worked on the Brexit referendum, and has catered to politicians ...

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office punished Facebook after finding that the social media giant allowed app developers to access the personal information of millions of users without ...