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Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence reflects on why he thinks the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica incident makes it more difficult to reach voters.

A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner's Office could do under the old Data Protection Act.

The amount is the max allowed under pre-GDPR regulation, but is barely a financial slap on the risk for the social-media giant.

Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has...

Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. after the country's data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke the law, making it as the social network's first...

Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, a whistleblower told a congressional hearing on interference...

TechRepublic's Dan Patterson appeared on CBSN to discuss whether Facebook's new Clear History feature can help regain users' confidence.

TechRepublic's Dan Patterson explains how Facebook's new privacy features work, and why the tools might not actually protect users.

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Cambridge Analytica shuts down, saying it's lost all of its customers, and Australia's Commonwealth Bank spots a big, bad potential data breach.</

Data Analysis Firm at Heart of Facebook ScandalCambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm that reportedly received data on up to 87 million Facebook users without their consent, shut down on...