FTC Approves Settlement Related to Cambridge Analytica -- Update
December 18 2019 - 1:31PM
Dow Jones News
By Allison Prang
The Federal Trade Commission said it unanimously approved a
settlement with an app developer and Cambridge Analytica's former
chief executive officer, who the regulator alleged were deceptive
in gathering Facebook users' personal data.
The settlement prohibits the two -- developer Aleksandr Kogan
and former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix -- "from making
false or deceptive statements" about their collection, use, sale or
sharing of personal information and their reasons for doing it.
Messrs. Kogan and Nix must destroy or delete information they
collected through "the GSRApp and any related work product that
originated from the data," the FTC said.
The regulator had alleged that both men enabled the GSRApp to
acquire Facebook data from people who used the app and those
people's friends on the social media platform, when the app users
were informed that their personal data wouldn't be collected by the
app, the FTC said. The regulator alleged that the GSRApp acquired
Facebook User IDs.
Kory Langhofer, managing partner for Statecraft PLLC who is
representing Mr. Nix, said the FTC's order is being imposed because
Mr. Nix was at Cambridge when it is believed the company did
something wrong, not because of wrongdoing by Mr. Nix.
A representative for Mr. Kogan couldn't immediately be reached
for comment.
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 18, 2019 13:16 ET (18:16 GMT)
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