Google has been ordered to pay $314.6 million for using Android users' cellular data without permission, highlighting a ...

Cambridge Analytica had planned to use improperly obtained Facebook data to build psychographic profiles of voters — and had been engaged by the Trump campaign of former U.S. President Donald ...

FTC wins court order requiring Bannon to sit for interview Bannon role in harvesting Facebook data is under FTC scrutiny Steve Bannon departs from federal court in New York, on Aug. 20 ...

The FTC's investigation also resulted in a $5 billion settlement with Facebook, which allegedly violated a prior consent decree by allowing Cambridge Analytica (and other developers) to access ...

The FTC's final order also "prohibits Cambridge Analytica from making misrepresentations about the extent to which it protects the privacy and confidentiality of personal information, as well as ...

The social network has since announced a major new privacy-by-design push which will introduce more stringent processes to control what developers can and can’t do. Although Kogan and former Cambridge ...

FTC rules Facebook users deceived by Cambridge Analytica The ruling comes 18 months after the scandal first broke. Written by Campbell Kwan, Contributor Dec. 8, 2019, 8:54 p.m. PT ...

In today’s edition of “Well, duh!” news, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled that Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users from whom it harvested valuable data. This comes a full ...

The FTC issued a unanimous opinion on Friday confirming allegations made in a July administrative complaint that alleged app developer Aleksandr Kogan and Cambridge Analytica's former CEO ...