Rome prosecutors acting on a
complaint from consumer group Codacons on Friday opened a probe
into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Datagate and the possible
involvement of Italian users.
For the moment there are no people under investigation, and
no possible charges have been mooted.
Facebook has apologised for allowing over 50 million profiles
to be harvested for electoral purposes, possibly influencing the
Brexit vote and the US elections.
The probe has been entrusted to IT and privacy crimes
prosecutor Angelo Antonio Raganelli.
Codacons' complaint asked the magistrature to assess possible
crimes under Article 167 of the Privacy Code (illicit treatment
of data) as well as Artcile 169 (security measures).
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