The United States federal trade commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices following the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the data of 50 million users was misused. If the company is found to have broken the order, it could face fines of up to $40,000 per violation per day. Facebook reissued a statement made last week by Rob Sherman, the company’s deputy privacy officer, which said: “We remain strongly committed to protecting people’s information. Some analysts have dismissed Facebook’s FTC problems. In 2012, the FTC fined Google $22.5 million after it found the company had violated a 2011 settlement.

Source: The Irish Times March 26, 2018 15:00 UTC