Britain's Information Commissioner fines Facebook $644,000 over users' data breach

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Britain's Information Commissioner has slapped Facebook with a fine of $644,000 — the maximum possible — for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The ICO's investigation found that between 2007 and 2014, Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by giving app developers access to their information without informed consent. The fine was the maximum allowed under the law at the time the breach occurred.


Britain's Information Commissioner fines Facebook $644,000 over users' data breach