Data theft 

Facebook –
Cambridge Analytica
 Problem
• Major scandal 2018
• CA had harvested data of millions
of people´s Fb without their
consent.
• For political purposes
1. Kogan developed an app called “This is your digital life”.
2. CA arranged an informed consent process for Facebook users would
agree to complete a survey only for use academic.
3. CA collect millions of data of other Facebook users.
 Use of the data
Political events, politicians paid CA use the informtation for:
 Presidential campaign in the EE.UU.
 Targeted marketing to intentionally sway voters.