Employees working for Cambridge Analytica in the US at the time claimed that rather than tackling the problem, management appeared to ignore it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Robert Mercer, the owner of Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica said that the company “adheres to FEC [Federal Election Commission] regulations” and that Nix had never been in charge of work on any US election campaigns. The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, which represents the public interest, has accused Cambridge Analytica over allegations of illegal coordination of this nature. Cambridge Analytica denied there had been any illegal coordination, saying it had a firewall policy in place, signed by all staff and strictly enforced.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2018 21:56 UTC