LONDON: British authorities on Thursday stated that their investigation into the knowledge breach scandal involving Cambridge Analytica might not be impacted with the shutdown of the political consulting firm.
Cambridge Analytica (CA) is accused of obtaining knowledge from up to 87 million Facebook profiles to be used in political campaigns around the world. It denies wrongdoing and the previous day announced that the company and its mother or father, SCL Group, could be wound down due to loss of industry as a result of the scandal.
This may have an have an effect on on the team's Indian arm, headquartered in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. According to paperwork made public on social media in March, SCL India has regional places of work in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna and Pune.
A spokesperson for Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) stated investigators will "examine closely" the main points of the closure and will "closely monitor any successor companies".
She stated: "The ICO has been investigating the SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica as part of a wider investigation into the use of personal data and analytics by political campaigns, social media companies and others."
"The ICO will continue its civil and criminal investigations and will seek to pursue individuals and directors as appropriate and necessary even where companies may no longer be operating," she stated.
The company is accused of mapping the behaviour of citizens in the run-up to the 2016 US election and European Union (EU) referendum. The company additionally allegedly did election-related paintings in India for the Congress and JD(U) events, according to revelations by means of former CA employee-turned-whistleblower Christopher Wylie.
Damian Collins, chair of the House of Commons make a selection committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which is conducting its own investigation as a part of a much broader inquiry in faux information, stated: "Cambridge Analytica and (parent company) SCL Group cannot be allowed to delete their data history by closing."
"The investigations into their work are vital," Collins stated.
He stated the committee is decided to make sure that the closure isn't an attempt to "run and hide" and that the companies don't seem to be ultimate down to take a look at to avoid them being carefully investigated over the allegations which can be being made in opposition to them.
Earlier in the week, Collins repeated a request for Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the committee, saying proof equipped by means of the company's leader generation officer Mike Schroepfer last week "failed to answer fully" MPs' questions.
In a firmly worded letter to Facebook's public policy leader, Rebecca Stimson, he stated: "We hope that he (Zuckerberg) will respond positively to our request, but if not the Committee will resolve to issue a formal summons for him to appear when he is next in the UK."
Facebook has apologised to customers for a "breach of trust" and claims to have tightened its privacy restrictions.
Cambridge Analytica the previous day stated it were the topic of "numerous unfounded accusations" and were "vilified" for activities that had been each criminal and accredited as a "standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas".
It blamed a "siege of media coverage" for using away customers, that means the company's continued operation was not viable, leaving it "with no realistic alternative to placing the company into administration".
The company stated that its mother or father company, SCL Elections, would also be commencing bankruptcy complaints.
Cambridge Analytica (CA) is accused of obtaining knowledge from up to 87 million Facebook profiles to be used in political campaigns around the world. It denies wrongdoing and the previous day announced that the company and its mother or father, SCL Group, could be wound down due to loss of industry as a result of the scandal.
This may have an have an effect on on the team's Indian arm, headquartered in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. According to paperwork made public on social media in March, SCL India has regional places of work in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna and Pune.
A spokesperson for Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) stated investigators will "examine closely" the main points of the closure and will "closely monitor any successor companies".
She stated: "The ICO has been investigating the SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica as part of a wider investigation into the use of personal data and analytics by political campaigns, social media companies and others."
"The ICO will continue its civil and criminal investigations and will seek to pursue individuals and directors as appropriate and necessary even where companies may no longer be operating," she stated.
The company is accused of mapping the behaviour of citizens in the run-up to the 2016 US election and European Union (EU) referendum. The company additionally allegedly did election-related paintings in India for the Congress and JD(U) events, according to revelations by means of former CA employee-turned-whistleblower Christopher Wylie.
Damian Collins, chair of the House of Commons make a selection committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which is conducting its own investigation as a part of a much broader inquiry in faux information, stated: "Cambridge Analytica and (parent company) SCL Group cannot be allowed to delete their data history by closing."
"The investigations into their work are vital," Collins stated.
He stated the committee is decided to make sure that the closure isn't an attempt to "run and hide" and that the companies don't seem to be ultimate down to take a look at to avoid them being carefully investigated over the allegations which can be being made in opposition to them.
Earlier in the week, Collins repeated a request for Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the committee, saying proof equipped by means of the company's leader generation officer Mike Schroepfer last week "failed to answer fully" MPs' questions.
In a firmly worded letter to Facebook's public policy leader, Rebecca Stimson, he stated: "We hope that he (Zuckerberg) will respond positively to our request, but if not the Committee will resolve to issue a formal summons for him to appear when he is next in the UK."
Facebook has apologised to customers for a "breach of trust" and claims to have tightened its privacy restrictions.
Cambridge Analytica the previous day stated it were the topic of "numerous unfounded accusations" and were "vilified" for activities that had been each criminal and accredited as a "standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas".
It blamed a "siege of media coverage" for using away customers, that means the company's continued operation was not viable, leaving it "with no realistic alternative to placing the company into administration".
The company stated that its mother or father company, SCL Elections, would also be commencing bankruptcy complaints.
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