shady political consultancy Cambridge Analytica is the company that used a phony personality quiz and Facebook’s lax policies with users’ private data to harvest personal information belonging ...

It used that information for highly targeted political ads on Facebook. A former Cambridge Analytica employee, Christopher Wylie, blew the whistle, saying: "We exploited Facebook to harvest ...

Did Cambridge Analytica steal your Facebook data? You'll finally be getting an answer to the question that's been at the forefront of your mind since we first caught wind of the scandal in which ...

is known for leaking documents to journalists that showed how Cambridge Analytica harvest the data of millions of Facebook users without their consent, using it to inform targeted political ...

However, as suggested by The Great Hack, Cambridge Analytica was quicker than most to recognise the potential profit in harvesting personal data. Indeed, the company appealed to clients by ...

Data is empowering. Personal information ... like the U.S. election and the recent revelations of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal that has led to a probe by the Federal Trade Commission ...

UK-based Cambridge Analytica was accused of playing a key role in the 2014 breach of 87 million Facebook users’ personal data ... American voters by harvesting 50 million Facebook profiles ...