Former Cambridge Analytica chief Nix faces seven-year directorship ban

cde.news desk 24 September 2020, 12:45 · 1 min read

epa06746925 (FILE) - Cambridge Analytica's sign at their offices in London, Britain, 21 March 2018 (reissued 18 May 2018). According to media reports, Cambridge Analytica has started bankruptcy proceeding in a New York court, USA on 17 May 2018. The data company and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd are to shut down following the Facebook privacy scandal. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

The former chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy which collapsed amid a scandal over its harvesting of personal data during election campaigns, is facing a seven-year ban on holding company directorships.

Sky News can reveal that Alexander Nix, who ran Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, SCL Election, has agreed to undertakings that will prevent him from running, or serving as a director of, a limited company in Britain until 2027.

Sources said the ban would be announced by the Insolvency Service, which is part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, later on Thursday.

It is due to come into force early next month, they added.

The sanction will be the latest in a string of fines and bans imposed on those involved in Cambridge Analytica’s brief but controversial existence, which became a focal point for debate about the extent to which the use of sophisticated data-mining tools can undermine democratic processes.

Former Cambridge Analytica chief Nix faces seven-year directorship ban

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