ICO's maximum fine is a drop in the bucket for Facebook

Carly Page
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Facebook will make the fine back in less than 20 minutes

The Information Commissioner's Office has 'punished' Facebook with a £500,000 fine over the Cambridge Analytica scandal - the maximum allowed under the Data Protection Act 1998, as the offence was ...

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