Tag: Cambridge Analytica
Facebook’s Zuckerberg faces EU Parliament grilling
BRUSSELS: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet with leaders of the European Parliament on Tuesday to answer questions about how the data of...
Cambridge Analytica files for voluntary bankruptcy in US
NEW YORK: British political consulting group Cambridge Analytica filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, court documents showed.
The...
US investigating Cambridge Analytica: New York Times
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct political data firm embroiled in a scandal over its handling...
UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American’s personal data
LONDON: Britain’s data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a US academic, confirming the...
What made Cambridge Analytica give three awards to HEC?
Former chairman claims now-defunct company gave ‘good governance’ award to commission under his leadership
ISLAMABAD: Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, the recently retired Higher Education...
Cambridge Analytica closes operations in US and UK after Facebook data...
WASHINGTON: Analytica announced on Wednesday that it would cease operations in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK), adding that they would be filing...
Facebook confirms it collects data beyond users
WASHINGTON: Facebook, embattled in a scandal over the mishandling of user data, confirmed Monday that it also collected information from people beyond their social...
EU urges Facebook to ‘cooperate fully’ in data scandal
BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Thursday called on Facebook to "cooperate fully" with investigators into the scandal over the harvesting of personal data of...
Zuckerberg resists effort by US senators to commit him to regulation
WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two US congressional hearings without making any further promises to...
Zuckerberg faces Senate hearing but little hope for action
WASHINGTON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s No 1 mission during his appearance before US lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday will be to defend against...
Zuckerberg to meet with US lawmakers today
WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will hold meetings with some US lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due to...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg will not answer UK lawmakers’ questions over data scandal
LONDON: Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will not answer questions from British lawmakers over how millions of users’ data got into the hands of political...
EU presses Facebook on sharing of user data
BRUSSELS: The European Commission pressed Facebook on Monday over whether EU citizens’ data were among those improperly harvested by a British political consultancy, after the...
Farhan Akhtar deletes personal Facebook account
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar has announced that he has “permanently” deleted his account from social networking website Facebook.
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India queries Cambridge Analytica over alleged Facebook data breach
NEW DELHI: India has set a March 31 deadline for London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to respond to a query on whether it was...
UK investigators search London office of firm at center of Facebook...
LONDON: Investigators from Britain’s data watchdog on Friday searched the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm at the center of a...
Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook ‘made mistakes’ that led to data fiasco
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network "made mistakes" that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by...
