UK regulator upholds Facebook fine in Cambridge Analytica row
Information Commissioner's Office upheld a small but symbolic 500,000 pound fine for Facebook.
(Reuters) - Britain’s information regulator on Thursday upheld a small but symbolic 500,000 pound ($645,000) fine for Facebook for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Confirming its initial decision on the fine in July, the Information Commissioner s Office said data from at least one million British users had been among that harvested by Cambridge and used for political purposes.
Facebook this month said attackers stole data from 29 million user accounts. That followed the April revelation that personal data of nearly 87 million users was improperly accessed by British firm Cambridge Analytica.
