INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Facebook's chief executive has repeatedly declined to answer questions from UK
in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.It had originally appealed the penalty, causing the Information Commissioner's Office to pursue its own
counter-appeal.As part of the agreement, Facebook has made no admission of liability.The US firm said it "wished it had done more to
investigate Cambridge Analytica" earlier.James Dipple-Johnstone, deputy commissioner of the ICO said: "The ICO's main concern was that UK
citizen data was exposed to a serious risk of harm
Protection of personal information and personal privacy is of fundamental importance, not only for the rights of individuals, but also as we
now know, for the preservation of a strong democracy."Harry Kinmonth, a Facebook lawyer, noted that the social network had made changes to
restrict the information app developers could access following the scandal."The ICO has stated that it has not discovered evidence that the
data of Facebook users in the EU was transferred to Cambridge Analytica," he added."However, we look forward to continuing to cooperate with
the ICO's wider and ongoing investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes."Researcher Dr Aleksandr Kogan and his
company GSR used a personality quiz to harvest the Facebook data of up to 87 million people.Some of this data was shared with London-based
Cambridge Analytica.The ICO argued that Facebook did not do enough to protect users' information.
