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 .
The UK data 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 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.