The verdict fell on Wednesday 11 July: Facebook may be fined £500,000 – the maximum fine possible – for breaking British data protection law. This is one of the conclusions of the progress report of the UK data protection authority (ICO) on its investigation concerning the use of data in the framework of political campaigns.
Readers may recall that the ICO started to look at the subject in March 2017, before putting Facebook at front and centre of its investigation when the 'Cambridge...