Italy fines FB €1 million over CA data scandal

ROME: Italy’s privacy watchdog says it has fined Facebook €1 million ($1.13 million) over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The government agency said on Friday that it had determined that 57 Italians had downloaded the thisisyourdigitallife app through a Facebook login, and as a result, the app acquired data of nearly 2,15,000 Italian users.
But the agency said that no data was actually transmitted to Cambridge Analytica, a now defunct political consulting and data mining firm. Facebook said it is focusing on protecting people’s privacy, will review the agency’s decision and will “continue to engage constructively with their concerns”.