UK fines Facebook £500,000 for failing to protect user data

Decision by information commissioner comes after Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has been fined 500,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, after allowing third party developers to access user information without sufficient consent.

The ICO announcement on Thursday upholds its initial decision in July. The fine, which represents a drop in the ocean for a company that brought in $40.7bn (31.5bn) in global revenue in 2017, was the maximum available to the regulator under old data protection legislation.