Cambridge Analytica has been ordered to hand over all the data and personal information it has on an American voter, including details of where it got the data and what it did with it, or face a criminal prosecution. It was always astonishing to us that Cambridge Analytica and SCL took such a combative approach Ravi Naik, lawyerCarroll said the decision was a landmark moment not just for him but for the millions of other people whose data Cambridge Analytica used in the Trump and other campaigns. It was always astonishing to us that Cambridge Analytica and SCL took such a combative approach when the law is crystal clear. Paul-Olivier Dehaye, a data expert who helped Carroll with his request, said that his website, PersonalData.io, had received a flood of inquiries from people who wanted to reclaim their data from Cambridge Analytica and other companies. “The data commissioner has said that data crimes are real crimes and she is now putting this into action.

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2018 13:07 UTC