Palantir Technologies—Palantir employee helped Cambridge Analytica develop Facebook data harvesting strategy
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie testified to UK Parliament in March 2018 that a Palantir employee helped Cambridge Analytica develop its strategy for harvesting Facebook user data. Wylie stated 'senior Palantir employees would come into the office and work on the data.' Palantir initially denied any relationship, then revised its statement acknowledging an employee 'engaged in an entirely personal capacity' with Cambridge Analytica in 2013-2014. The scandal involved improper access to 87 million Facebook users' data.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Security | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.429 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Palantir employee helped Cambridge Analytica develop Facebook data harvesting strategy
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie testified to UK Parliament in March 2018 that a Palantir employee helped Cambridge Analytica develop its strategy for harvesting Facebook user data. Wylie stated 'senior Palantir employees would come into the office and work on the data.' Palantir initially denied any relationship, then revised its statement acknowledging an employee 'engaged in an entirely personal capacity' with Cambridge Analytica in 2013-2014. The scandal involved improper access to 87 million Facebook users' data.