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CBI books Cambridge Analytica and others
Why is it in news?
- The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked Cambridge Analytica (U.K.) Limited and Global Science Research Limited (U.K.).
Details:
- CBI booked the companies for alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of about 5.62 lakh Indian users on Facebook through an application.
- Government had earlier sought details from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica about the alleged violations.
- It has also sought the extent of leak of personal data of Indian users and their possible misuse by Cambridge Analytica for profiling and influencing elections in India.
- Facebook reported that the data of potentially 5.62 lakh Indian users might have been illegally harvested.
Data use:
- As per Facebook’s platform policy, the app was authorised to collect certain specific data of users for academic and research purposes.
- However, facebook illegally collected unauthorised data of users as well as their friends’ network on Facebook, as alleged.
- According to the FIR, the data were collected without the knowledge and consent of App users.