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11-21-2018, 07:35 PM
Company says it disputes penalty for role in Cambridge Analytica scandal on principle
Facebook is lodging an appeal against the record fine of £500,000 levied against it by the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/25/facebook-fined-uk-privacy-access-user-data-cambridge-analytica), arguing that the penalty “challenges some of the basic principles of how people should be allowed to share information online”.
The company, which was fined the maximum amount allowable for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year, had until Wednesday to launch an appeal or accept the fine.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-appeal-against-information-commissioners-office-fine-cambridge-analytica)
Facebook is lodging an appeal against the record fine of £500,000 levied against it by the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/25/facebook-fined-uk-privacy-access-user-data-cambridge-analytica), arguing that the penalty “challenges some of the basic principles of how people should be allowed to share information online”.
The company, which was fined the maximum amount allowable for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year, had until Wednesday to launch an appeal or accept the fine.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-appeal-against-information-commissioners-office-fine-cambridge-analytica)