Cybersecurity

The Little Regulator at the Heart of Facebook’s Big Data Dispute

A little-known U.K. regulator is taking Silicon Valley head-on, as it finds itself at the center of a scandal that has shaken governments and caused Facebook’s shares to plummet.

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A little-known U.K. regulator is taking Silicon Valley head-on, finding itself at the heart of a scandal that has shaken governments and caused Facebook Inc.’s shares to plummet.

The Information Commissioner’s Office may get a warrant as early as Wednesday to search Cambridge Analytica -- the British firm at the center of a dispute over the misuse of Facebook Inc. users’ data -- after the company failed to respond to an access request.