Former Cambridge Analytica staff 'working on Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-2020-cambridge-analytica-data-propria-a8402656.html

Former Cambridge Analytica staff 'working on Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign'

Data Propria boss overhead saying team is 'doing the president’s work'

Mythili Sampathkumar New York |
@MythiliSk |
1 day ago |
A data company run by former employees of Cambridge Analytica (CA) has been quietly working on President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, according to reports. The London-based political consulting firm shut down earlier this year following accusations of misuse of private data from up to 87 million Facebook users, and amid an Information Commissioner’s Office investigation.

Journalists from Associated Press (AP) overheard the president of new consulting firm Data Propria Matt Oczkowski say in a public space that he and the former data scientist of Cambridge Analytica were working with Mr Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale on the new re-election campaign. He said they were “doing the president’s work for 2020”.
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Mr Oczkowski has denied the link to the Trump campaign but did confirm his company is doing work for the 2018 midterm elections on behalf of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Both Mr Parscale and Mr Oczkowski told AP that though no re-election work was planned, the campaign manager had set up Data Propria with the RNC for a “modest” contract.
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AP confirmed that at least four former Cambridge Analytica employees were affiliated with the new company, which specialises in voter and consumer targeting. Another anonymous source familiar with Data Propria’s work told the news outlet that 2020 campaign-related work had already begun at the Cambridge Analytica successor, it said.
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However, Mr Oczkowski had previously said Data Propria would not even pursue political clients. After being overheard he said the company had changed course.
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