FTC Finds Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users (reuters.com) 11
The Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that they had found Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data for voter profiling and targeting. "The [FTC] also found that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices relating to its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework -- a pact on the cross-border transfer of personal data," adds Reuters. From the report: The agency order prohibits Cambridge Analytica from misrepresenting the extent to which it protects the privacy and confidentiality of personal information. It also stops the consulting firm from participating in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and other similar regulatory organizations. The impact of the agency order is not immediately clear as the consulting firm is no longer in business. The order comes after Facebook agreed in July to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to the FTC, in order to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices. The government agency continues to pursue a separate antitrust investigation of the company.
...and who goes to jail? (Score:3)
Nobody.
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Wait, didn't they have to change the company name on the office signs? Surely that's punishment enough?
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Nobody.
Well fucking duh, the FTC handles civil enforcement. They're a trade regulation agency, not a law enforcement agency.
If you think somebody did something that should send them to jail, maybe you should tell the FBI? I recommend against reporting anything to BATF, they can't really tell a witness from a suspect and you might be SWATing yourself.
Let's ask an expert.... (Score:2)
Well, let's see what Gomer Pyle has to say shall we?
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Yep, pretty well sums it up now doesn't it....
When Obama uses 'Big Data' (Score:1)
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MSM: *SWOON* https://tinyurl.com/w8xbqlk [tinyurl.com] When Trump uses 'Big Data' MSM:*SCREECH* https://tinyurl.com/ulqh4z2 [tinyurl.com]
"Rules for thee but not for me!" has been the modus operandi of Leftists everywhere since ever. I would actually find it far more shocking if they actually took a public stand on principle when it didn't favor their side.
Well, Leftists do tend to think & act based on emotions and emotions are fleeting, so I suppose it makes a sort of logical sense that their principles are just as fleeting; changing, ebbing, and flowing with their changing emotions from moment to moment. It all seems very shallow of tho
A HISTORIC moment! (Score:1)
Someone actually out-deceived Facebook on violating the privacy of users????
THIS is a historic moment! Record it for posterity!
Cambridge Analytica (Score:1)
Watch "The Great Hack" (Netflix) it explains just how powerful social engineering firms have become by weaponizing user data. It talks about the whole SDI/Cambridge Analytica story. Basically whoever hires these firms rule political systems, just need dat $$$$.
NO F***ING WAY! (Score:2)
Say it ain't so!
Next up (Score:2)
Followed closely by FTC can't do a damn thing about it, and who the fuck paid for all this FTC finding crap?
No to be outdone by, Why did it take so long for the FTC to find anything anyway?