Bayer hires law firm in Monsanto data collection scandal

Bayer on Tuesday hired law firm Sidley Austin to investigate a Europe-wide data collection scheme run by its Monsanto unit, which targeted journalists, politicians and other stakeholders to influence the debate on pesticides......»»

Bayer said a law firm it had commissioned to investigate a compilation of data on journalists, politicians and researchers by Monsanto had found no evidence of illegal behavior by the seed maker that Bayer acquired last year......»»

Bayer said on Sunday it was hiring an outside law firm to investigate French media complaints that Monsanto, the U.S. seed maker it took over last year, had compiled a file of influential personalities......»»

Alan Prescott will join Luminar directly from Tesla, and will be responsible for directing all legal operations at the self-driving vehicle company. Luminar Palo Alto Data Collection Luminar Luminar Technologies soared as much as 21% o.....»»

The FTC formally claimed political ad marketing firm Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users ove.....»»

Bayer is facing Roundup liability north of the border from a $500 million class-action lawsuit filed by a Canadian law firm. The suit contends the German pharmaceuticals giant and Monsanto Co., the manufacturer of Roundup, have been acting with rec.....»»

A cybersecurity firm say it uncovered two cases in which Facebook third party app data was l.....»»

Temasek Holdings Pte, the Singapore-based state-owned investment firm, is investing $3.7 billion to help fund Bayer's pending $62.5 billion acquisition of Monsanto. With the investment, Temasek will hold a 4 percent stake in Bayer, up from its previous.....»»

Pedro Nunes/Reuters Cambridge Analytica was considering launching a digital currency before the Facebook data scandal blew up. The embattled political research firm had discussed doing an .....»»

The firm has been embroiled in controversy. Cambridge Analytica’s acting CEO Alexander Tayler has stepped down amid a data leak scandal involving Facebook, as the latter’s founder and C.....»»

The firm has been embroiled in controversy. Cambridge Analytica’s acting CEO has stepped down amid a data leak scandal involving Facebook, as the latter&#.....»»

Here's what happened. No stranger to public discontent, Facebook Inc. is digging out of one of its biggest crises yet. The personal data of up to 87 million users, mostly in the U.S., was obtained by an analytics firm that, am.....»»

Whistleblowers say AggregateIQ worked on the campaign for Great Britain to exit the European Union.....»»

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday that it had suspended Canadian political consultancy AggregateIQ from its platform after reports that the data firm may have improperly had access to the personal data of Facebook users......»»

Evan Vucci/AP   Cambridge Analytica, the data firm used by the 2016 Trump campaign at the center of a scandal involving the misuse of Facebook customer data, is shutting d.....»»

The data firm at the center of Facebook's privacy scandal is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down......»»

The data analytics firm engulfed in Facebook's user privacy scandal has suddenly filed for insolvency......»»

The data and advertising firm had lost multiple clients in recent months. Cambridge Analytica, the political-consulting firm at the center of.....»»

Cambridge Analytica has been linked to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign (NEW YORK) — A published report says the data firm at the .....»»

The firm is shutting down effective Wednesday and employees have been told to turn in their computers.....»»