The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Friday that it had found that Cambridge Analytica, now a closed-door British political consultant, had tricked consumers into collecting Facebook data to identify and target voters. European and United States, an agreement on the transfer of personal data across borders.
More than 18 months after the scandal broke out for the first time, the FTC formally ruled that Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers through its data collection practices, of which the 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign was among her clients.
In July, the panel accused the consulting firm, as well as its chief executive Alexander Nix and application developer Aleksandr Kogan, of collecting data from tens of millions of Facebook users through an application for personality testing.
The Agency's order prohibits the British consulting firm from distorting the extent to which the privacy and confidentiality of personal information is protected and from participating in the privacy protection framework between the European Union, the United States and other similar regulatory organizations. The consulting firm is no longer operating.
Under today's FTC terms, the company is required to delete any data it has collected from Facebook users, and not to provide future distortion on how the data is collected.
The FTC's order comes after Facebook agreed in July to pay a 5 billion dollars fine to the committee to settle a government probe into privacy practices, while the government agency continues to pursue a separate antitrust investigation.
The FTC's investigation of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica was prompted by allegations that Facebook violated a 2012 decision by improperly sharing information about 87 million users with the British consulting firm.
The government agency is the end of the story of the British consulting firm, but the effects of the scandal are still felt today, as lawmakers discuss questions about the strength of Facebook and how to protect the privacy of the user.
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