The Government has sought details from Facebook on if any such downstream entity «misused»
data, what is the protection
available to the
data subject and what are the specific steps proposed to be taken by the social media company to prevent any misuse of personal
data for potential interference in, or manipulation of the Indian
electoral process?
Furthermore, according to publicly
available information, the Trump campaign was no longer using Cambridge Analytica as a «consultant» by the time of the general election, so while the manipulation of the private
data of millions of voters goes a long way toward explaining how the general election came down to Trump and Clinton, it had no impact whatsoever on Trump's
electoral victory or Clinton's embarrassing defeat.