Facebook faces a £ 500.000 fine in the UK for its role in the data leak scandal through Cambridge Analytica.
On Wednesday, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced that the fine was the maximum allowed under UK law for two breaches of data protection law. 1998 data.
The UK data monitoring agency also intends to initiate a criminal prosecution against SCL Elections Ltd, Cambridge Analytica's parent company, because it did not respond properly to the ICO survey.
Η collection Cambridge Analytica data from Facebook users affected 87 million users in the US, UK and other countries. So it was only natural that they were also the focus of an investigation by the ICO.
The information was "shared unfairly" with the company, without the user's consent. According to a study published by Elizabeth Denham on the ICO, the service concluded that "Facebook violated the law by failing to safeguard the information of its members […], and the company failed to be transparent about how data is collected from others."
Facebook will have the opportunity to respond to ICO's findings after announcing the final decision to finalize 500.000 pounds.
The largest social network told the BBC that the company will respond very "soon".
"Confidence in the integrity of our democratic processes is in jeopardy because the average voter has no idea what is going on behind the scenes," Denham said.
“New technologies use analytics from different people, give campaign teams the ability to connect (influence) individual votersconditions. But this should not come at the expense of transparency, justice and compliance with the law."
The Commissioner added that fines and prosecutions are part of the process, but that the ICO's real intention is to "brings change and restore confidence in our democratic system. "
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