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Ad company AggregateIQ broke privacy laws on Brexit, U.S. politics, investigation findsAn investigation has found a B.C. tech company, breached privacy rules when it used personal information of millions B.C., U.S. and U.K. voters.PoliticsNov 26, 2019
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B.C. firm AggregateIQ denies misleading probe into Facebook data scandalThe company has been accused of lying to MPs on two separate occasions — first from whistle-blower Christopher Wylie, and later from a security researcher.TechJun 12, 2018
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Two-thirds of Canadians don’t trust Facebook with their data, Ipsos poll showsAbout two-thirds of Canadians don't trust Facebook to protect the personal information the platform has gathered about them - but only about a tenth of us have pulled the plug.TechApr 10, 2018
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Facebook suspends AggregateIQ over alleged ties with data harvesting operationReports surfaced detailing AIQ’s alleged ties to Cambridge Analytica, and to the U.K.’s Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum.TechApr 6, 2018
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Facebook executive says most users may have had data scraped by ‘malicious actors’Facebook's acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by "malicious actors" is the latest example of the social network's failure to protect its users' data.ConsumerApr 5, 2018
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Federal, B.C. privacy commissioners launch joint probe into Facebook, AggregateIQAccording to a statement from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the investigations will look at whether both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and BC’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).CanadaApr 5, 2018
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AggregateIQ worked for Brexiters. It also worked with the BC GreensB.C. Green party hired AggregateIQ in 2016 to work on a new voter contact database and a new website.PoliticsMar 29, 2018
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Whistleblower says Canadian firm built software to identify Republican voters in 2016Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie said Tuesday that AggregateIQ worked on software called Ripon which was used to identify Republican voters ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.CanadaMar 27, 2018
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How a B.C. company allegedly helped Brexiters skirt U.K. laws and made millions doing itThe Victoria-based company was allegedly paid £4 million for its work with the Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum.PoliticsMar 26, 2018
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B.C.’s incoming privacy watchdog helping lead UK probe into data misuseMichael McEvoy will lead the BC OIPC's investigation into AggregateIQ, which is linked to Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie.Mar 22, 2018
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