The information commissioner is considering taking legal action against a Canadian marketing firm with alleged links to Cambridge Analytica, after the firm refused to cooperate with her inquiry into the use of personal data during the Brexit referendum. He said: “On 17 May [2017], the Information Commission from the UK sent us a letter. Massingham said the firm was aware that if the money was spent by Vote Leave on behalf of Vote Leave, this would have broken a spending cap. Erskine-Smith asked: “Did you not think it was strange you received £625,000 from Vote Leave to spend on behalf of BeLeave ... in the context that if they spent on behalf of Vote Leave they would have gone over the limit? And I would challenge AIQ to do the right thing.”Silvester has previously said: “AIQ has never been, and is not a part of, Cambridge Analytica or [its parent firm] SCL.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2018 17:48 UTC