The UK data watchdog has fined Facebook £500,000 ($637,000) for mishandling data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Indeed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has admitted that the decision was a mistake. In a statement, Facebook's chief privacy officer Erin Egan said that it had "failed to take adequate steps to protect people's personal data. " 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 Dr Aleksandr Kogan and his company, Global Science Research. Facebook said it was reviewing the ICO decision, adding it "respectfully" disagreed with some of its findings.
The UK data watchdog has fined Facebook £500,000 ($637,000) for mishandling data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In a statement, Facebook's chief privacy officer Erin Egan said that it had "failed to take adequate steps to protect people's personal data." 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 Dr Aleksandr Kogan and his company, Global Science Research. Facebook said it was reviewing the ICO decision, adding it "respectfully" disagreed with some of its findings.