Looking back years from now, the Cambridge Analytica scandal will be seen as the time when everything changed as to how consumer data is collected and used, by whom and to what ends.

Cambridge Analytica, a company that profiled voters for Donald Trump’s campaign, allegedly gathered information on millions via a survey on Facebook.

This app was central to the broader Cambridge Analytica controversy, which involved the unauthorized harvesting of user data for political profiling purposes.

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 request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where data for up to 87 million users was ...

Former Cambridge Analytica director, personal data advocate praises blockchain tech Blockchains have emerged as key players in protecting personal data, security and sovereignty in the digital age.

It involved the unauthorized harvesting of millions of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that was hired by the campaign of then-presidential candidate ...

Electing Trump: In 2016, the gun industry shared data about firearms owners and others with Cambridge Analytica to help elect Donald Trump and keep a Republican majority in the Senate.

Mark Zuckerberg considered disclosing in 2017 that Facebook was investigating “organizations like Cambridge Analytica” alongside Russian foreign intelligence actors as part of an election ...

Cambridge Analytica, now defunct, worked for Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in 2016, and gained access to the personal information from millions of Facebook accounts for the ...