Tag: Aleksandr Kogan
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Cambridge Analytica: Facebook material might still be on SCL servers
An independent investigation into the Cambridge Analytica (CA) data privacy scandal has published report affirming that some traces of metadata from Facebook material (actual or historic) might still, in some form, be on SCL Elections servers. The report, however, revealed that data analytics firm, CA, an offspring of SCL Elections, had destroyed the Facebook users…
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Breaking: Cambridge Analytica shuts down operations
SCL Elections and its offspring data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytic (CA), have filed applications to commence insolvency proceedings in the United Kingdom that will also affect operations of certain SCL affiliates. TheNewsGuru reports the Company is immediately ceasing all operations and the boards have applied to appoint insolvency practitioners Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP to act…
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Cambridge Analytica: Finally investigation unravels data size mystery
The report of an independent investigation to unravel the mystery behind data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica (CA), harvesting over 87 million Facebook users data have been made public. The investigation reveals SCL Elections, parent company of CA entered into two contract agreements with Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan’s firm, Global Science Research (“GSR”) that developed…
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Cambridge Analytica: Kogan defends involvement in Facebook data scandal
Developer of the ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ personality quiz app that was involved in the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Professor Aleksandr Kogan, has opened up to defending his involvement. The Cambridge University professor developed the personality quiz app with which over 87 million users account on Facebook were compromised when he shared the…
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Facebook reveals Nigerians affected by Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Facebook has said 78 Nigerian users of the social media platform downloaded and installed the controversial Cambridge Analytica app that meddled with the privacy data of over 87 million of its users. The communications team of the social media platform disclosed that the 78 Nigerian Facebook users downloaded and installed the ‘This Is Your Digital…
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Cambridge Analytica accepts probe into data practices
Data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica has accepted a probe into how it handled about 50 million data of users on Facebook it obtained from Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan. Kogan reportedly harvested the Facebook data using a personality quiz app and shared it Cambridge Analytica. Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had since addressed…