Contents
2 Regulation and the role, definition and legal liability of tech companies
The new Centre for Data Ethics and algorithms
Legislation in Germany and France
Use of personal and inferred data
Enhanced role of the ICO and a levy on tech companies
The ICO, SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica
Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission Consent Decree
Facebook and the Six4Three case
The linking of data access with spending on advertising at Facebook
Facebook’s sharing of data with developers
Facebook collecting data from Android customers
Facebook’s monitoring of app usage
Facebook targeting competitor apps
Facebook’s response to the publication of the Six4Three documents
Facebook’s business model and further challenges for regulators
Leave.EU and data from Eldon Insurance allegedly used for campaigning work
Relationship between AIQ and SCL/Cambridge Analytica before the UK’s EU referendum
AIQ work related to the EU Referendum
Facebook and the Vote Leave £50 million prediction competition
5 Advertising and political campaigning
Facebook and Mainstream Network
Constitutional Research Council (CRC)
The Cairncross Review: a sustainable future for journalism
6 Foreign influence in political campaigns
Russian interference in UK elections
Facebook and Russian disinformation
Russian IP addresses at Facebook
Facebook data owned by the Cambridge University Psychometrics Centre and shared with Russian APIs
Russian interference through other social media platforms
Leave.EU, Arron Banks, the US and Russia
Further ongoing investigations and criminal complaints
7 SCL influence in foreign elections
Further information regarding the work of SCL
Citizenship-by-investment schemes
Regulators and digital literacy
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1 ‘International Grand Committee’ attendees, Tuesday 27 November
Annex 2 International Principles on the Regulation of Tech Platforms
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Published: 18 February 2019