This included accessing all of the friends data of the individual accounts that had engaged with Dr Kogan’s app. The UK 's Information Commissioner ’s Office ( UK ) has confirmed it will impose the maximum £ 500,000 ( $ 662,000 ) fine on Facebook , after finding it " effectively broke " the 1998 Data Protection Act by failing to keep user data safe . Alongside the fine , the ICO will also pose questions to the social media site , including who had access to the data scraped from Facebook , and who subsequently had access to it . In addition , the Digital , Culture , Media and Sport Commission is set to conduct an independent investigation of the company , instead of Facebook 's internal audit .
The UK 's Information Commissioner ’s Office ( UK ) has confirmed it will impose the maximum £ 500,000 ( $ 662,000 ) fine on Facebook , after finding it " effectively broke " the 1998 Data Protection Act by failing to keep user data safe . Alongside the fine , the ICO will also pose questions to the social media site , including who had access to the data scraped from Facebook , and who subsequently had access to it . In addition , the Digital , Culture , Media and Sport Commission is set to conduct an independent investigation of the company , instead of Facebook 's internal audit .