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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by IAmEveryone on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:25PM (#16630611)
A breach is unauthorized access, possession, or use of data. Cambridge Analytica was not allowed to retain this data, or to use it for commercial purposes. Therefore it’s a data breach.

Consider an alternative scenario: a Facebook employee has access to data to perform his job. He makes a copy, takes it with him, and uses it in his new startup. Breach? It’s exactly the same as above, only the employee was an external partner in reality.

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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by tschwimmer on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:45PM (#16630809)
Yes, the situation you described is a breach. It became a breach when the employee made a copy and took it outside of production.
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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by kreetx on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:14PM (#16631070)
But it doesn't look like Facebook's fault since the situatuation is entirely in the hands of the person who made the app.

But I see the point of this being a breach, and suing based on this does then look as the article says. :)

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