{"id":70979,"date":"2018-04-07T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T14:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/2-7m-europeans-affected-by-facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal\/"},"modified":"2018-04-07T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T14:56:53","slug":"2-7m-europeans-affected-by-facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/2-7m-europeans-affected-by-facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"2.7M Europeans affected by Facebook, Cambridge Analytica scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 2.7 million Europeans were caught up in the data scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the social media giant confirmed to POLITICO Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Facebooks statement follows a briefing by the European Commission to reporters in Brussels, which said the Commission has received an answer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/eu-justice-chief-says-facebook-needs-to-meet-obligations\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">letter it sent late last month<\/a>. The letter asked for details on how Facebook considered EU data protection law in its response to the scandal and how many Europeans were affected.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Commissioner V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1 is scheduled to have a phone call with Facebooks Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg early next week, Commission spokesperson Christian Wigand said.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the social media giant responded to EU concerns that more than 2.7 million European users data may have been affected by the ongoing data mining scandal, Jourov\u00e1 said she expects more from Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate that they are trying to be more transparent \u2026 Unfortunately some explanations fall short of my expectations,\u201d Jourov\u00e1 told POLITICO in an emailed comment. \u201cIts clear that data of Europeans have been exposed to a huge risk, and I am not sure if Facebook took all the necessary steps to implement change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis story is too important, too shocking, to treat it as business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. regulator is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-protection-privacy-mark-zuckerberg-regulators\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">midst of an investigation<\/a> into the scandal, which saw data from Facebook users misused by political data firm Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 U.S. election. European data protection authorities are supporting the British watchdog by providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and the United Kingdom are among the countries hardest hit by the scandal, with 1.1 million people affected in the U.K. and 310,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/20180405\/over-300000-germans-potentially-hit-by-facebook-data-leak\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in Germany<\/a>, according to recent reports.<\/p>\n<p><em>CORRECTION: A previous version of this article had incorrect details of Justice Commissioner Jourov\u00e1s scheduled phone call next week. She will speak with Sheryl Sandberg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-jourova-2-7-million-data-protection-privacy\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> [contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 2.7 million Europeans were caught up in the data scand..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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