Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Infamous for manipulating polls, Cambridge Analytica is a non-entity today

On Friday, CBI registered a criminal conspiracy case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for illegally harvesting personal data of Facebook users in India

Updated On: 23 Jan 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Facebook fined $1.65 million by Brazil in Cambridge Analytica case

Brazil's Ministry of Justice maintains that Facebook did not adequately inform its users 'about the consequences of the default privacy settings'

Updated On: 31 Dec 2019 | 8:03 AM IST

How Cambridge Analytica profiled voters and what it means for India

Voter psychological profiles were built to determine political enthusiasm, political orientation, frequency in voting and consistency in voting for the same political party

Updated On: 09 Dec 2019 | 2:22 PM IST

Suspended Cambridge Analytica CEO Nix cancels UK parliamentary appearance

Nix had been recalled by the committee to testify on Wednesday following testimony by whistleblower Christopher Wylie

Updated On: 17 Apr 2018 | 7:32 PM IST

Need to focus on Facebook privacy, says Senator before Zuckerberg hearings

Zuckerberg will testify Tuesday and Wednesday before congressional panels investigating the mishandling of its data and other revelations about the social-media giant

Updated On: 09 Apr 2018 | 9:13 AM IST

Revealed! How Cambridge Analytica's Facebook targeting model really worked

With this model, Cambridge Analytica could say that it was identifying people with low openness to experience and high neuroticism

Updated On: 01 Apr 2018 | 1:03 PM IST

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal: What is psychographic profiling?

Psychographic profiling is here to stay. But wait, what does it even mean? Devangshu Datta does some decoding

Updated On: 30 Mar 2018 | 10:43 PM IST

These three data-protection principles can save democracy from Facebook

All the fixes that have been listed require either the enactment of a data-protection law, or the amendment of our existing competition law

Updated On: 29 Mar 2018 | 7:24 PM IST

Cambridge Analytica: Govt issues notice to Facebook, seeks reply by April 7

On March 21, I-T Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told Facebook if any firm was found trying to influence the election process, it would face penal action

Updated On: 29 Mar 2018 | 12:59 AM IST

Facebook reveals tighter security settings to protect user privacy

The social-media giant's stock has fallen 18 per cent since the Cambridge Analytica news broke earlier this month

Updated On: 28 Mar 2018 | 8:41 PM IST

Cambridge Analytica scandal: How Mark Zuckerberg can save Facebook - and us

The second inning of one of the world's great technological leaps, the implications of which we're just beginning to understand.

Updated On: 28 Mar 2018 | 1:14 PM IST

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal: A case for data protection reform

One should recall the Supreme Court's privacy judgment that emphasised on the importance of consent and limiting use of data

Updated On: 28 Mar 2018 | 5:55 AM IST

Cambridge Analytica: Facebook questioned about pulling Android calls, texts

The website Ars Technica reported that users who checked data gathered by Facebook on them found that it had years of contact names, telephone numbers, call lengths and text messages

Updated On: 26 Mar 2018 | 7:39 AM IST

Cambridge Analytica behind Rahul's 'Gabbar Singh Tax'? Top 10 developments

Congress has asked the BJP whether it would register an FIR against Cambridge Analytica and its Indian arm Ovleno Business Intelligence

Updated On: 23 Mar 2018 | 9:38 PM IST