The UK privacy watchdog has fined Facebook £ 500,000 ( $ 637,000 ) for mishandling data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal . The Information Commissioner 's Office ( ICO ) handed the social media giant the maximum fine it was able to after it found at least a million British users were among the 87 million people whose private data was gathered by researcher Andrew Kogan and his company , Global Science Research . “Facebook failed to sufficiently protect the privacy of its users before, during and after the unlawful processing of this data. Facebook said it was reviewing the ICO decision , saying it " respectfully " disagreed with some of its findings .
The UK privacy watchdog has fined Facebook £ 500,000 ( $ 637,000 ) for mishandling data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal . The Information Commissioner 's Office ( ICO ) handed the social media giant the maximum fine it was able to after it found at least a million British users were among the 87 million people whose private data was gathered by researcher Andrew Kogan and his company , Global Science Research . Facebook said it was reviewing the ICO decision , saying it " respectfully " disagreed with some of its findings .