(Reuters) – Britains data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a U.S. academic, confirming the right of people abroad to seek data held by a UK firm.
Data privacy activists say that it sets a precedent that would enable millions of other U.S. voters to request information that the company had collected on them.
The Information Commissioners Office served notice to SCL Elections, Cambridge Analyticas parent, to provide the information it holds on David Carroll, saying failure to do so would be a criminal offence punishable by an unlimited …
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