Industry Keyword: Cambridge Analytica
App Stores
Facebook may have to disclose some app records in privacy probe
Massachusetts' top court reversed an order requiring Facebook to turn over to state Attorney General Maura Healey records identifying apps suspected of misusing customer data, but the justices said she ultimately could obtain some...
Application Platforms
Facebook faces another UK class action after data harvesting scandal
Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people in England and Wales, in the latest lawsuit to spring...
Social Networks
Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing US antitrust case
An Australian ruler sued Facebook on Wednesday accusing it of gathering user data without consent, building on government attempts around the world to rein in the social media.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...
Platform News
Federal Trade Commission finds Cambridge Analytica did deceive Facebook users
Regulators in the United States have found the now defunct and controversial political consulting business Cambridge Analytica did deceive consumers about the collection of data from the Facebook platform for voter profiling and targeted...
Platform News
Facebook must face data breach class action on security, but not damages: US judge
Reuters - A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018 data breach cannot sue as a group for damages, but can seek...