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Bayer hires law firm in Monsanto data collection scandal

Bayer on Tuesday hired law firm Sidley Austin to investigate Monsanto's secret list of critics of its pesticides in European countries. Reuters reports that Bayer on Tuesday said public relations firm FleishmanHillard, on behalf of Monsanto, had m.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 21st, 2019

Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations After Facebook Data Scandal

Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, is shutting down following allegations about its misuse of Facebook data and the campaign tactics it pitched to clients......»»

Category: asiaSource: wsjMay 3rd, 2018

Cambridge Analytica shuts down: How Facebook weathered the data theft storm

Cambridge Analytica and parent firm SCL Elections announced shutting down after Facebook data scandal and would file for insolvency in Britain and US. Here are some of its damage-control steps.....»»

Category: topSource: business-standardMay 3rd, 2018

NYT: U.S. investigating Cambridge Analytica

The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct political data firm embroiled in a scandal over its handling of Facebook Inc user information, according to the New York Times. Grace Lee reports......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersMay 16th, 2018

Facebook data scandal: Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy in US

The British marketing analytics firm, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, court filings showed.....»»

Category: topSource: business-standardMay 18th, 2018

Cambridge Analytica files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation after debilitating scandal

Cambridge Analytica, the political intelligence firm whose tactics came under fire and sparked a whirlwind of scrutiny over Facebook data, has submitted pap.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayMay 18th, 2018

Cambridge Analytica Staff Are Told Firm Is Liquidating

Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the heart of Facebook’s data scandal, is liquidating assets and has asked employees to vacate its London offices......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjMay 22nd, 2018

Cambridge Analytica Tells Staff It"s Liquidating

Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the heart of Facebook’s data scandal, is liquidating assets and has asked employees to vacate its London office......»»

Category: smallbizSource: wsjMay 22nd, 2018

VERBATIM: Zuckerberg apologizes amid EU grilling

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to EU lawmakers amid a grilling over a data scandal that's engulfed the tech firm......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersMay 22nd, 2018

Bayer gets nod to buy Monsanto for $66 bn, form largest agrochemical firm

The settlement came together after Justice Department antitrust officials pressed for significant divestitures to remedy the competition problems from combining the two companies.....»»

Category: topSource: business-standardMay 30th, 2018

The Justice Department and FBI’s probe into Cambridge Analytica is now looking at Facebook, and the SEC and FTC are getting involved (FB)

The US Department of Justice's investigation into Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal is now looking at Facebook itself, not just the defunct data firm that gained access to its user data, according to a report from The Washington Post. Ad.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJul 2nd, 2018

Facebook"s Cambridge Analytica scandal draws growing federal scrutiny

Facebook is facing a widening inquiry from the federal government, with three federal agencies and the Department of Justice looking into how the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained the personal data of up to 71 million Americans......»»

Category: topSource: cnnJul 2nd, 2018

A data-collection firm is sharing license plate information with US immigration officials

Damian Dovarganes/AP Irvine Company, a real-estate giant that runs 46 shopping centers in Californ.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJul 11th, 2018

China probes scandal-hit vaccine firm

Changsheng Biotechnology plunges deeper into crisis as both police and the country's top graft watchdog launch investigations into allegations that it falsified data for rabies vaccines regularly given to infants. Laura Frykberg reports......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersJul 24th, 2018

The Wall Street Journal: UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank, stops advertising on Facebook over ethical lapses

Italy’s largest bank, UniCredit SpA, stopped advertising on Facebook Inc. in March, citing what it said was unethical behavior by the social-media giant related to a scandal involving data firm Cambridge Analytica......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchAug 7th, 2018

(Photos) As Charlotte, Triangle firms complete merger, exec talks next steps

Technekes LLC, a Charlotte-based business-to-business marketing company, and XSInc., a data-collection firm based in Morrisville, closed on their merger July 31, and TKXS Inc. was born......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsAug 8th, 2018

Facebook deleted 66 pages linked to a Russian data-scraping firm (FB)

Flickr Creative Commons Facebook has disabled more than 66 accounts and profiles belonging to Russian data scraping firm SocialDataHub for what it termed the unauthorized collection of user information.  "As part of our efforts to protect pe.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 12th, 2018

Washington DC sues Facebook over privacy scandal

The attorney general in the nation's capital has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as 87 million users......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 19th, 2018

DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal

The District of Columbia sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as 87 million users......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 19th, 2018

Return of French farmer"s case keeps Monsanto in legal spotlight

A decade-old lawsuit in which a French farmer with neurological problems accuses Monsanto of not providing adequate safety warnings for a weedkiller returns to court on Wednesday, adding to health claims faced by the Bayer-owned firm......»»

Category: topSource: reutersFeb 6th, 2019

Smollett Shuffles Attorneys, Hires Crisis Management Firm As Scandal Deepens

Smollett Shuffles Attorneys, Hires Crisis Management Firm As Scandal Deepens.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeFeb 17th, 2019