Willie stated that Aleksandr Kogan, a Cambridge University professor who collects Facebook user data through psychological test applications, may allow this data to be stored in Russia. Global Science Research, which Kagan operates, will operate without user consent. This data is shared with the controversial political data analysis company Cambridge Analytica.
'I think the real risk is that this data may already be used by many people and may be stored in different parts of the world, including Russia. The reason is that the professor who collected the data was between the UK and Russia at that time. Acting for a Russian-funded psychology project. ' Willie said in an interview with NBC.
He added: 'I can't tell you how many people have used this data. It's best to be answered by Cambridge analysis, but I can say that many people have had access to this data.'
Both Facebook and Cambridge analysis did not comment on this. Cogan did not respond.
Willie believes that the number of people affected by this incident may exceed the 87 million people announced by Facebook last week. The initial report of the "Observer" and the "New York Times" believes that this figure is about 50 million. Cambridge analysis once said that they passed Global Science Research's Facebook user data does not exceed 30 million.