Data watchdog set to fine Facebook

Britain’s data watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for breaches of the Data Protection Act.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the social media giant broke the law by failing to safeguard people’s information and failing to be transparent about how people’s data was harvested by others.

Facebook, with Cambridge Analytica, has been the focus of the ICO’S investigation since February when evidence emerged that an app had been used to harvest data.