NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a preliminary enquiry in opposition to British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research (GSR) for alleged illegal non-public data harvesting of Indians from Facebook.
It is alleged Cambridge Analytica received data from GSR, which employed ‘illegal manner’ of personal data harvesting of Indians the usage of Facebook, CBI resources mentioned. After receiving a reference on this regard from the ministry of information technology, CBI has initiated the PE, which is normally a first step to come to a decision whether or not the allegations deserve a full-blown investigation thru an FIR or now not.
CBI resources say that they will search data from Facebook, and can even examine officers of those companies all through its PE. Cambridge Analytica previous faced allegations it used non-public data harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts to lend a hand Donald Trump win the 2016 US presidential election.
It is alleged Cambridge Analytica received data from GSR, which employed ‘illegal manner’ of personal data harvesting of Indians the usage of Facebook, CBI resources mentioned. After receiving a reference on this regard from the ministry of information technology, CBI has initiated the PE, which is normally a first step to come to a decision whether or not the allegations deserve a full-blown investigation thru an FIR or now not.
CBI resources say that they will search data from Facebook, and can even examine officers of those companies all through its PE. Cambridge Analytica previous faced allegations it used non-public data harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts to lend a hand Donald Trump win the 2016 US presidential election.
CBI lodges PE against CA for data harvesting
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