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Cambridge Analytica

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  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
    ICO’s final report into Cambridge Analytica invites regulatory questions

    A three-year inquiry into data mishandling by Cambridge Analytica by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has come up with diddly-squat. So now what?

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Cambridge Analytica probe finds no evidence it misused data to influence Brexit

    UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Ex-Cambridge Analytica chief banned from directorships

    Alexander Nix’s 7-year ban follows collapse of data analytics group

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

    Social network in settlement with UK regulator but does not accept liability

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Debates are sign that data privacy is being taken seriously

    Regulatory snafus keep piling up for tech giants

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    What Cambridge Analytica’s ex-staff can teach us about data defence

    From poacher to gamekeeper: the company’s former employees have useful insights into protecting digital privacy

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    ReviewTelevision
    Cambridge Analytica documentary The Great Hack — a sobering Netflix film

    A tale of whistle-blowers, shape-shifters and a company aggressively under the radar

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    Why we should open the Cambridge Analytica data vault

    Understanding precisely how tech businesses use our data is crucial if we are to have a sensible debate on reforming them

  • Thursday, 14 March, 2019
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook under criminal investigation over data deals

    Subpoenas issued in New York as social network hit by severe outages

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    FT Magazine
    The dark age of surveillance capitalism

    It’s time to fight back against businesses that poach our private experience for data

  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Data brokers: regulators try to rein in the ‘privacy deathstars’

    Companies that collect consumer information have operated in the shadows. But calls are growing for tougher rules

  • Tuesday, 1 January, 2019
    News in-depthFacebook Inc
    Zuckerberg’s struggle to ‘fix’ social network Facebook

    Embattled boss says group has ‘fundamentally altered’ its DNA after year of scandals

  • Wednesday, 19 December, 2018
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica scandal

    DC attorney-general accuses social network of failing to protect users’ data

  • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
    InterviewStyle
    Christopher Wylie: can fashion save the world?

    The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower on life after infamy, the new culture war and why fashion can stop the alt-right

  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook appeals against UK fine over Cambridge Analytica

    Social media group argues British data were not shared with the firm

  • Monday, 19 November, 2018
    Arron Banks
    Banks looked at US fundraising for Leave.EU, emails show

    Documents released by MPs highlight links between Trump campaign figures and Brexit campaigner

  • Monday, 12 November, 2018
    Technology regulation
    Facebook to work with French regulators on hate speech

    Tech company changes approach following Cambridge Analytica criticism

  • Tuesday, 6 November, 2018
    Facebook Inc
    UK must tighten regulation of Facebook, says data watchdog

    Information commissioner tells MPs that company needs to ‘significantly change’

  • Thursday, 25 October, 2018
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge data scandal

    Regulator imposes maximum financial penalty over data breaches

  • Monday, 15 October, 2018
    FTfm
    Tech data privacy record bugs responsible investors

    The scandal that engulfed Facebook is forcing managers to look more closely at risks

  • Thursday, 16 August, 2018
    Elizabeth Denham
    New rules are vital to stop political abuse of data

    The way parties communicate will vary, but they should all work under the same code

  • Wednesday, 15 August, 2018
    News in-depthMedia3 min
    Facebook alert: what's next?

    After Facebook's share plunge, what is next for the social network?

  • Sunday, 29 July, 2018
    Fake news
    MPs to dig deeper into online political ads

    ‘Fake news’ committee to analyse data used by Brexit campaigns

  • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    Facebook investors wake up to era of slower growth

    Social network shocks those who rushed into the supercharged Faangs group of tech stocks

  • Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
    Technology sector
    Facebook official’s memo urged staff to collect less data

    Security officer Alex Stamos’s comments came after Cambridge Analytica scandal broke

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