Facebook fined for data breaches in Cambridge Analytica scandal
by Alex Hern and David Pegg from Technology | The Guardian on (#3TNE5)
Firm fined 500,000 for lack of transparency and failing to protect users' information
Facebook is to be fined 500,000, the maximum amount possible, for its part in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the information commissioner has announced.
The fine is for two breaches of the Data Protection Act. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) concluded that Facebook failed to safeguard its users' information and that it failed to be transparent about how that data was harvested by others.
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