The parent firm of Cambridge Analytica,SCL Elections Ltd, has been hit with a fresh fine of 15,000 (16,500) including costs, for failing to comply with an enforcement notice delivered by the UKs data protection authority, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
The firm had been ordered to respond to a request to hand over the personal data belonging to a US citizen, Prof David Carroll.
This prosecution, the first against Cambridge Analytica, is a warning that there are consequences for ignoring the law, ICO Chief Elizabeth Denham said in a statement on Wednesday (9 December).
Organisations that handle personal data must respect peoples legal privacy rights. Where that does not happen and companies ignore ICO enforce…
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