https://www.cnet.com/news/cambridge-analytica-denies-breaking-any-laws-in-data-scandal/ >In a lengthy statement labeled a "series of facts," the data analytics firm said it licensed the data from General Science Research (GSR), which obtained the data through a tool provided by Facebook. Cambridge Analytica also reiterated its denial that it used any of the GSR data during the 2016 US election. >"Hundreds of data firms have utilized Facebook data in a similar fashion," Cambridge Analytica said in its statement. "To be clear: Cambridge Analytica did not illegally or inappropriately collect or share data with anybody else."