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Founded by Nigel Oakes in 1993.1
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1990–2018 British behavioural data analysis company
SCL Group (formerly Strategic Communication Laboratories) was a private British behavioural research and strategic communication company that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving its subsidiaries Cambridge Analytica and Crow Business Solutions MENA. It was founded in 1990 by Nigel Oakes, who served as its CEO. The company described itself as a "global election management agency".2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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SCL Group (formerly Strategic Communication Laboratories) was a private British behavioural research and strategic communication company that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving its subsidiaries Cambridge Analytica and Crow Business Solutions MENA. It was founded in 1990 by Nigel Oakes, who served as its CEO. The company described itself as a "global election management agency". SCL Group founded a variety of subsidiary companies, the most well-known being Cambridge Analytica, with the stated intention of providing "data, analytics and strategy to2
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Founded by Nigel Oakes in 1993.1
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