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Cambridge Analytica

17 dated events on the record · 9 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2013–2022

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2022-12-15 Transactions SECONDARY The Facebook $725 million Cambridge Analytica class action settlement announced in December 2022 creates a direct temporal correlation with Cambridge Analytica's September 2022 SEC filing, suggesting potential…
2022-09-13 Other facts INFERENTIAL The most recent SEC filing is dated September 2022, suggesting possible ongoing corporate or legal obligations more than four years after the original company's closure
2022-06-15 Transactions SECONDARY Cambridge Analytica's September 2022 SEC filing preceded the December 2022 Facebook $725 million settlement announcement by exactly three months, suggesting potential pre-announcement disclosure obligations
2022-06-15 Other facts INFERENTIAL The 4.3-year gap between Cambridge Analytica Ltd.'s May 2018 dissolution and the September 2022 SEC filing represents the longest documented post-dissolution regulatory activity for the entity in US records
2021-06-23 Other facts INFERENTIAL Multiple SEC filings cluster in a short timeframe (June-September 2021), with six filings in approximately four months, suggesting active regulatory reporting or corporate restructuring activity
2021-06-15 Other facts SECONDARY The 2021 SEC filing cluster represents the highest frequency of Cambridge Analytica regulatory filings in any four-month period based on available records
2019-07-24 Other facts INFERENTIAL FTC records for the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica consent decree (FTC File No. 182-3189) document portions of the settlement structure independent of SEC filings
2019-06-15 Other facts INFERENTIAL The Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Cambridge Analytica LLC, Salvatore LaMonica, is legally required to file a 'Trustee's Final Report and Account' with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York…
2018-05-17 Other facts PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica bankruptcy proceedings were still ongoing as of May 2018 through at least 2019
2018-05-17 Transactions PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica's bankruptcy filing listed assets between $100,001-$500,000 and liabilities between $1 million-$10 million
2018-05-17 Other facts PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 17, 2018, not 2021-2022
2016-12-31 Other facts PRIMARY All FEC filings for Trump campaign payments to Cambridge Analytica described services as 'Data Management Services' or 'Data Management'
2016-01-01 Other facts PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica was effectively a shell company operating in the United States while serviced by London-based SCL Group
2015-12-01 Transactions PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica was working for Ted Cruz using data harvested from millions of people's Facebook accounts without their consent
2014-01-01 Transactions PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica worked with John Bolton Super PAC in 2014, being paid $454,700 for behavioral microtargeting with psychographic messaging
2014-01-01 Other facts PRIMARY American election lawyer warned Cambridge Analytica executives in 2014 that their arrangement could violate laws limiting foreign nationals in U.S. elections
2013-01-01 Transactions PRIMARY Cambridge Analytica collected data through 'This Is Your Digital Life' app that harvested up to 87 million Facebook profiles