Britons’ personal data may have been misused by a pro-Brexit campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum that voted for leaving the European Union, a former Cambridge Analytica employee who worked with the Leave.EU group told MPs on Tuesday. Her claims were denied by Leave.EU as “fake news” and Banks asked for the chance to testify before the committee. Kaiser, who worked at Cambridge Analytica for four years, said she had similar concerns about consent to the use of data from members of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the Brexit campaign. Cambridge Analytica issued a statement earlier this month saying it “did not work at all” on the Brexit referendum. “We pitched Leave.EU, Vote Leave and Remain but did not work paid or unpaid for any of these entities.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2018 13:30 UTC