Facebook has agreed to pay a fine of £500,000 following an investigation into the misuse of personal data in political campaigns. The investigation found that between 2007 and 2014 Facebook processed user data by letting third-party app developers access personal information without the user's informed consent. Because Facebook shared data before 2018, it was fined just £500,000 - as opposed the millions it could have been landed with today. Following the ICO's findings and issue of the penalty in October 2018, Facebook launched an appeal the following month. Facebook is now able to continue with its own internal investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal on the direction of the ICO.

Source: Daily Mail October 30, 2019 10:42 UTC