NEW DELHI: UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which was recently embroiled in a massive data-harvesting scandal that compromised the personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a New York court late on Thursday. Cambridge Analytica LLC listed assets in the range of $100,001 …
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Cambridge Analytica announces ‘ceasing all operations’
Cambridge Analytica, the UK marketing analytics firm at the heart of the Facebook data scandal, has announced it was “immediately ceasing all operations” and filing for insolvency in Britain and the United States. Cambridge Analytica , hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, said it had been “vilified” in recent months …
Read More »Government issues notice to Cambridge Analytica over Facebook data breach
NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on alleged misuse of user data on Facebook, the government today issued a notice to UK-based Cambridge Analytica, asking it to give a list of clients and the source of data it had collected. The notice came after reports that political parties had used the …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi used Cambridge Analytica services during Gujarat elections: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government on Thursday continued its attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi over Facebook data leak scandal involving British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica. In fresh allegations against the Congress chief, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the Gandhi scion used the services of Cambridge Analytics in Gujarat Assembly …
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