The US Federal Trade Commission has issued what looks to be a largely symbolic ruling against the remnants of data-harvesting marketers Cambridge Analytica.
In a unanimous 5-0 ruling (PDF) issued on Friday, the trade body declared that the defunct British marketing intelligence operation ran afoul of laws against deceptive business practices and was in violation of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework.
I always swing back and forth over the CA debacle. On the one hand it seems believable. On the other, it sounds like a bunch of ad guys pitching their product.
At the heart of it though you do have the illegal and immoral use of person data.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/07/ftc_cambridge_analytica_ruling_facebook/
The US Federal Trade Commission has issued what looks to be a largely symbolic ruling against the remnants of data-harvesting marketers Cambridge Analytica.
In a unanimous 5-0 ruling (PDF) issued on Friday, the trade body declared that the defunct British marketing intelligence operation ran afoul of laws against deceptive business practices and was in violation of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework.
Horse, stabledoor, bolted...