Brazilian Government is not happy with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica breach.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to haunt Facebook. The company has been receiving fines left round and center for its blatant neglect and disregard towards users’ privacy. The latest to join the bandwagon after the US, Italy, and the UK, is the Brazilian government.
Reportedly, the Brazilian government has fined the social network with a humongous $1.6 USD fine (6.6 million reais) for indulging in inappropriate data sharing. This amount is roughly three times higher than the $644,000 USD fine imposed by the UK government on Facebook. However, it is still much less than the fine Facebook received from the FCC, which amounted to an exorbitant $5 billion USD.
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s Consumer Protection department asserts that the Cambridge Analytica breach was a massive security lapse by the social media giant since around 443,300 Facebook users in Brazil had their personal data used for very “questionable” and “abusive” purposes.
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The data, as per the ministry’s investigation, which was initiated in 2018, was shared with app th ..
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