It was one of the biggest tech stories of the year, and arguably set Facebook’s “annus horribilis” in motion, when it was disclosed that the now-shuttered British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had used data on scores of Facebook users that had been improperly acquired.
The Information Commissioner’s Office, Britain’s privacy watchdog, levied a fine equivalent to $640,000 against the social networking giant. And then today came Facebook’s response: We don’t think we should have to pay.
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Facebook doesn’t think it should have to pay a fine over Cambridge Analytica originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 17:39:05 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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