{"id":61275,"date":"2018-03-24T04:56:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T04:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=61275"},"modified":"2018-03-24T04:56:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T04:56:27","slug":"u-k-investigators-raid-cambridge-analytica-offices-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/u-k-investigators-raid-cambridge-analytica-offices-london.html","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Investigators Raid Cambridge Analytica Offices In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #000000\">U.K. Investigators Raid Cambridge Analytica Offices In London<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Investigators with Britain&#8217;s information commissioner searched the London headquarters of Cambridge Analytica on Friday amid reports that the firm harvested the personal data of millions of Facebook users as part of a campaign to influence the U.S. 2016 presidential elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The move comes after a British High Court judge granted a warrant to the data watchdog Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office, allowing its investigators to search the firm&#8217;s offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The search is reported to be part of a broader investigation into possible ties between Cambridge Analytica and the campaign for the U.K. Brexit referendum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The search was conducted by more than a dozen people wearing jackets identifying them as ICO personnel, according to The Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Guardian reports that a former Cambridge Analytica business development director, Brittany Kaiser, said that the firm provided data analysis for Leave.EU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">&#8220;Cambridge Analytica conducted data research for one of the leading Brexit campaign groups and then misled the public and MPs over the work the company had undertaken, according to a former employee who has spoken to the Guardian.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Guardian added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: 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Analytica on Friday amid reports that the firm harvested the personal data of millions of Facebook users as part of a campaign to influence the U.S. 2016 presidential elections. 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