Facebook faces £500,000 fine from UK data watchdog

The UK's data protection watchdog plans to fine Facebook £500,000 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
It would be its biggest ever penalty. The social network has yet to decide if it will to try to reduce the sum.
In addition, the regulator said it intended to bring a criminal action against Cambridge Analytica's defunct parent company SCL Elections.
It also said Aggregate IQ - which worked with the Vote Leave campaign - must stop processing UK citizens' data.
And it said it had also written to the UK's 11 main political parties compelling them to have their data protection practices audited.
This, the Information Commissioner's Office explained, was in part because it was concerned they could have bought lifestyle information about members of the public from data brokers, who might have not have obtained the necessary consent.
In particular, the ICO raised concern about one data broker: Emma's Diary. The firm offers medical advice to pregnant women and gift packs after babies are born.
The ICO said it was concerned about how transparent the firm had been about its political activities.

Link:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44785151