Facebook fine for the cambridge analytica scandal

The United Kingdom has been one of the countries that has worked the most to sanction Facebook for its security problems. So the Cambridge Analytica scandal is not going to be cheap for the American company. Since a fine has been announced by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the regulatory entity for these matters in the country. The company is fined £ 500, 000, which is about € 566, 000.

Fines Facebook for Cambridge Analytica scandal

A few months ago, in July of this year, the ICO already showed intentions to fine the social network. Finally, these intentions have already been made official.

Fine to Facebook

This is the largest fine that Facebook can receive if the current legislation is taken into account. Since the wish would have been that the fine that the social network should receive was greater. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is the main reason for this fine to the company. They are accused of having incorrectly processed user information between 2007 and 2014.

Also that they did not keep users correctly informed of everything that was happening. They have not fulfilled their task of keeping users' privacy protected. This is the first fine the company receives for this.

Although the reality is that surely it will not be the last fine that Facebook will receive in this regard. Because the EU is currently investigating the company. So it is very likely that as a result of this investigation there will be some other fine.

ICO source