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Facebook fined €1M over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Posted on June 28, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Mark Scott reports:

Italy’s privacy regulator fined Facebook €1 million Friday for violations connected to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — the largest fine against the social networking giant connected to that case.

The agency said 57 Italians had downloaded a personality test app called ThisIsYourDigitalLife, which was used to collect Facebook information on both themselves and their Facebook friends.

Read more on Politico.

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