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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by Symbiote on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @05:44PM (#16642699)
It's not clear to me how much, if any, of the work was done in the United Kingdom or by British companies.

If the are companies in the UK, or people working in the UK, the sharing or retention of data may have been illegal under British law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998

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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by branchless on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:43PM (#16645204)
The UK won't do much:

http://www.bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/03/20/scl-a-very-briti...

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