Facebook ordered by judge to turn over data privacy records

A US judge ordered Facebook Inc to give shareholders emails and other records concerning how the social media company handles data privacy after data for 87 million users was accessed by the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

In a 57-page decision on Thursday, which followed a one-day trial in March, Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Chancery Court said shareholders demonstrated a “credible basis” to believe Facebook board members may have committed wrongdoing related to data privacy breaches.