Did Facebook Violate an FTC Privacy Order When It Did Business With Cambridge Analytica?
By Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG Recent news stories (Washington Post) about Facebook providing personal information to the data broker Cambridge Analytica raise a question: Is Facebook in violation of a 2011 Privacy Order (consent decree) with the Federal Trade Commission? Did it share information without clear consent from consumer users? That consent order was negotiated partly due to previous […]