Cambridge Analytica Leak Triggers Demand for Tougher U.K. Data Watchdog

Possible data breach being probed by U.K. privacy watchdog
Demand follows report that Cambridge Analytica violated rules

Coaxial cables feed into a server inside a comms room at an office in London, U.K., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal and several other news publications, and stole information to trade on before it became public, according to four people familiar with the matter.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe

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By Stephanie Bodoni and Nate Lanxon

March 19, 2018 at 11:35 AM UTC

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A top U.K. lawmaker backed sweeping new powers for the nation’s privacy watchdog in the wake of reports that Cambridge Analytica, the firm that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential campaign, kept hold of information on tens of millions of Facebook users.

“The time has now come for us to look at giving more powers to the information commission in the U.K.,” Damian Collins, chair of the U.K. Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee, told LBC radio in an interview on Monday.