High court grants search warrant to raid Cambridge Analytica offices
Cambridge Analytica offices searched over data storage
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43522775
Eighteen enforcement officers working for the UK's information commissioner are searching the London headquarters of Cambridge Analytica.
The High Court granted the data watchdog a warrant amid claims the firm amassed information about millions of people without their consent, based on a 2014 personality quiz on Facebook.
It is part of a wider investigation into political campaigning.
Both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook deny any wrongdoing.
Cambridge Analytica's acting chief executive, Alexander Tayler, said the company has been in touch with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) since February 2017 and it remained committed to helping the investigation.
In a statement, he said checks in 2015 showed all the Facebook data had been deleted but the company was now undertaking an independent third-party audit to verify none remained.
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