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So let's be clear: @ICOnews began a formal investigation into " #DataAnalytics for #PoliticalPurposes" in May 2017:
https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/
putting out an "update" in July 2018:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/2259371/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes-update.pdf
and a report to Parliament in November 2018:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/2260271/investigation-into-the-use-of-data-analytics-in-political-campaigns-final-20181105.pdf
https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/
putting out an "update" in July 2018:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/2259371/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes-update.pdf
and a report to Parliament in November 2018:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/2260271/investigation-into-the-use-of-data-analytics-in-political-campaigns-final-20181105.pdf
And in January 2019, @ICOnews was still 'chasing' the (now insolvent) SCL Elections Ltd, i.e. Cambridge Analytica, for failure to respond to an enforcement notice on a DSAR:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/01/scl-elections-prosecuted-for-failing-to-comply-with-enforcement-notice/
while clearly stating that its 'investigation' was still ongoing:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/01/scl-elections-prosecuted-for-failing-to-comply-with-enforcement-notice/
while clearly stating that its 'investigation' was still ongoing:
Through 2019, @ICOnews handed out a few more related fines 
& even managed to get @facebook to cough up... ÂŁ500k:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/10/statement-on-an-agreement-reached-between-facebook-and-the-ico/
It consulted (briefly) & "reminded" political parties to behave in #GeneralElection2019:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/11/information-commissioner-reminds-political-parties-they-must-comply-with-the-law-ahead-of-general-election/
But has pretty much...
& even managed to get @facebook to cough up... ÂŁ500k:https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/10/statement-on-an-agreement-reached-between-facebook-and-the-ico/
It consulted (briefly) & "reminded" political parties to behave in #GeneralElection2019:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/11/information-commissioner-reminds-political-parties-they-must-comply-with-the-law-ahead-of-general-election/
But has pretty much...
...said nothing since then; there's certainly nothing on the 'investigation' page:
https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/
nor on its official feed:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/
So why are we hearing that there'll be no final report?!
Is that true, @ICOnews? If not, when can we expect to see...
https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/
nor on its official feed:
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/
So why are we hearing that there'll be no final report?!
Is that true, @ICOnews? If not, when can we expect to see...
...it published? And if it is true, please explain why we won't.
Oh, while you're at it, and regardless of the report, please publish a full breakdown of what this 3 YEAR ''investigation' with no final report cost the British public.
Regulators have to be #accountable too!
Oh, while you're at it, and regardless of the report, please publish a full breakdown of what this 3 YEAR ''investigation' with no final report cost the British public.
Regulators have to be #accountable too!
Here is @ICOnews confirming to @EmmaLBriant that the investigation into SCL/CA has "concluded", with no intention to publish any further report "into this matter":
https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1299116574910095360?s=19
But that does not speak to the *wider* 'investigation' that clearly continued AFTER...
https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1299116574910095360?s=19
But that does not speak to the *wider* 'investigation' that clearly continued AFTER...
... @ICOnews' last legal action against SCL/CA.
Has the *entire* 'investigation' into " #DataAnalytics for #PoliticalPurposes" been dropped? (It wasn't just about SCL/CA, after all...)
Will @CommonsDCMS be demanding answers? And will the #ICO not even notionally 'finish the job'?
Has the *entire* 'investigation' into " #DataAnalytics for #PoliticalPurposes" been dropped? (It wasn't just about SCL/CA, after all...)
Will @CommonsDCMS be demanding answers? And will the #ICO not even notionally 'finish the job'?
..."at the discretion of the Commissioner" is hardly a sufficient excuse for not publishing a full account of this "completed" investigation - especially one still so clearly in the #PublicInterest.
While we've come to expect little from @ICOnews, this sets the bar to a new low!
While we've come to expect little from @ICOnews, this sets the bar to a new low!
