What is Emerdata Limited?
'''Emerdata Limited''' is a political consulting company in [[London]], formed in 2017. Ex-employees of Cambridge Analytica and SCL moved to successor firms, these companies dissolved with acquisition by [[holding company]] Emerdata Limited. The company is now owned by Rebekah Mercer and Jennifer Mercer according to Cambridge Analytica's bankruptcy filing in [[New York City|New York]]. Cambridge Analytica was before owned by their family, including their father Robert Mercer, a [[Computer science|computer scientist]]. In July 2018 the Emerdata director was Jacquelyn James-Varga. The [[Federal Trade Commission]] of the [[United States]] has imposed to sue Cambridge Analytica after misusing data scraped from 87 million social media users. The company was soon bought by Emerdata Limited after the news on misappropriation of digital assets was publicized.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 July 2018|title=The strange afterlife of Cambridge Analytica and the mysterious fate of its data|language=en-GB|work=Fast Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90381366/the-mysterious-afterlife-of-cambridge-analytica-and-its-trove-of-data|access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:2017 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Companies based in London]]