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Facebook fined for data breaches in Cambridge Analytica scandal

16 points| luxpir | 7 years ago |theguardian.com | reply

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[+] esturk|7 years ago|reply
The amount is only 500,000 pounds because the data protection act was written in 1998.
[+] flooq|7 years ago|reply
Yes, if it happened today it'd be covered by the Data Protection Act 2018, which is the UK implementation of GDPR. The limit has increased to £17 million or 4% of annual global turnover (whichever is higher).