Sentences with phrase «british parent company»

But Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge professor who ran GSR and obtained the data, sold it and the methods of analyzing it to Cambridge Analytica and its British parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL).

Unbeknownst to Facebook — and in violation of the company's rules — Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge researcher who ran GSR and obtained the data, sold it and the methods of analyzing it to Cambridge Analytica and its British parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL).

The updated disclosure also confirms that Flynn had agreed to work with the SCL Group, at the time the British parent company of Cambridge Analytica, a data science company hired by Donald Trump's campaign.

He said the board has launched a «full and independent» investigation into the practices of the firm's British parent company.

The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Ballhaus and Jenny Gross report that both Cambridge and its British parent company, SCL Group, will disband amid a growing series of scandals.

Cambridge Analytica is a data firm under a British parent company, SCL Group, that has been used by a number of largely Republican political committees, candidates, and causes in recent years.

The saga began on Friday evening, when Facebook posted a statement announcing it was suspending Cambridge Analytica and its British parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories, from its platform.

Not exact matches

May 2 (Reuters)- Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

The publisher also said in a comment to the regulator that since the British agency had not made very many decisions related to native advertising, the company was forced to rely on the standards of its U.S. - based parent.

If Bitfinex relocates its operations to Switzerland, it would likely form a new AG, which would replace iFinex Inc, its British Virgin Islands (BVI) parent company.

Norwegian Air's stock soars 38 % as British Airways parent considers bidShares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA flew 38 % higher on Thursday after the parent company for British Airways said it may attempt a full takeover of the budget carrier.

Low - cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle says it has rejected an offer from British Airways» parent company.

The contractor for the enclosure work is Dynamic Structures Ltd., based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, whose parent holding company is the Canadian firm Empire Industries Ltd..

The patience of parent company Tata Motors — and its willingness to invest in new product — means the two British luxury brands are healthier than ever.

Yet MG persisted for the better part of a decade, with very little support from the incompetent management at parent company British Leyland.

But BMW may soon have another, much quieter role for its small British division in mind as the German parent company maneuvers toward an electric future.

The smaller unit will find its way into all future Aston Martin models as part of a deal the British signed with Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes - Benz.

Introduced in 2003, the Bentley Continental GT has become a big hit for the British firm and its German parent company, Volkswagen AG, and the 2011 redesign made it even more popular.

Shop e-Readers is a British Columbia company recently aquirred by our parent company Oak Branch Media, Inc..

IAG, British Aiways» and Iberia parent company, are making inroads into the long - haul budget market by launching their new service, Level.

British Airways» parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), launched its new low cost carrier called «Level» that will serve a number of transatlantic routes.

Still, it's out of the frying pan and into the fire as I'm now crediting my oneworld flights to British Airways — an airline whose hierarchy I detest (the CEO of the airline's parent company has less class than a swamp rat)-- so this could all go horribly wrong and end up being a very short flirtation with the British Airways Executive Club.

Although Aer Lingus is now owned by IAG (the parent company of British Airways and Iberia) the airline is not as yet part of the oneworld alliance... but you can redeem Avios on Aer Lingus nonetheless.

Now, the legacy carriers are striking back — IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling, is launching a long - haul budget airline from the Vueling hub in Barcelona, Spain.

American also codeshares with British Airways and Iberia, whose parent company, IAG, gets its largest investments from Qatar.

Iberia airlines of Spain is owned by the same parent company as British Airways.

However, in November, we'll be renaming them as Avios points, which will be the currency for all loyalty and reward programmes owned by British Airways» parent company, International Airlines Group

While the tectonic plates of geopolitical conspiracy shift in the background, the film asks us to look, and look again, at images produced by the oil company, together with personal photos taken by its British staff in Iran — including the filmmaker's parents — not for what they show, but for what they betray.

Police seized documents related to Imperial's smuggling activities including a letter written in 1993 by Imperial's president and CEO Don Brown, addressed to the managing director of the company's parent, British American Tobacco.

The news that Cambridge Analytica, the British political consultancy firm, and their parent company SCL Group has gone into administration must serve as a warning to businesses to place the processing of personal data at their core.

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Leading automotive servicing and repair company Kwik Fit have today revealed that almost three in five (59 %) British parents with children aged 17 - 25 contribute financially to their child's motoring costs.

Meanwhile, in the British homeland of Cambridge Analytica's parent company SCL Group, member of Parliament Damian Collins has said he will ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the parliamentary committee he chairs on digital issues, or send another senior executive to do so.

Liviu Dragnea told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he «categorically» did not hire Cambridge Analytica or its parent company SCL Group, a British strategic communications company.

May said that «as far as I'm aware» the British government has no contracts with Cambridge Analytica or its parent company, SCL.

He said: «That's SCL [the parent company]... that's all staffed by British guys from Oxford and Cambridge.