Data harvesting: CBI books Cambridge Analytica, another UK firm (Ld)
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New Delhi, Jan 22 : The CBI has registered a case against UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited in a case of alleged "illegal harvest" of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told IANS: "The agency registered the case on January 19 against Cambridge Analytica represented by Alexander Nix and Global Science Research Limited represented by Aleksandr Kogen under the Information Technology Act."
The case was registered after the CBI registered a Preliminary Enquiry in July 2018 on the central government's recommendation. The CBI PE came after Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha that the probe will be handed over to the central agency.