The U.K. slapped Facebook with a more than $645,000 fine, in part, over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office, or ICO, announced the penalty Thursday.
The ICO says it's part of a larger investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes. The office found that between 2007 and 2014, "Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by allowing application developers access to their information without sufficiently clear and informed consent," among other things.
Facebook has accused Cambridge Analytica of gathering data from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their explicit consent.
The fine appears to be more of a slap on the wrist for Facebook, considering it made $39.9 billion in ad revenue in 2017. It's the maximum amount the ICO could fine the tech company under the laws in place at the time of the incidents.
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham says under the new laws, the fine would have been "significantly higher."
