Category:SCL Group: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Organization

| name = SCL Group Limited

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| formation = {{start date|2005|7|20}}

| extinction = {{end date|2018|5|1}}

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| jurisdiction = uk

| registration_id = 05514098

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| key_people = Nigel John Oakes<br>Roger Michael Gabb<br>[[:Category:Alexander Nix|Alexander Nix]]<br>Julian David Wheatland

| website = {{URL|https://sclgroup.cc}}

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| former name = Strategic Communication Laboratories<br/>Behavioural Dynamics Institute

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'''SCL Group'''<ref name="cohouse">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05514098|title=SCL GROUP LIMITED - Overview|publisher=[[Wikipedia:Companies House|Companies House]]|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}</ref> (formerly '''Strategic Communication Laboratories'''<ref name="cohouse"/>) was a private [[Wikipedia:British people|British]] behavioural research and [[Wikipedia:strategic communication|strategic communication]] company.<ref name="companieshouse">{{cite web|title=SCL group Ltd - filing history and public records|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05514098|publisher=Companies House, UK|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> In the United States, SCL has gained public recognition mainly through its subsidiary [[:Category:Cambridge Analytica|Cambridge Analytica]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cruz-campaign-paid-750000-to-psychographic-profiling-company/2015/10/19/6c83e508-743f-11e5-9cbb-790369643cf9_story.html|title = Cruz campaign paid $750,000 to 'psychographic profiling' company|last = Sellers|first = Frances Stead|date = 2015-10-19|newspaper = The Washington Post|language = en-US|issn = 0190-8286|accessdate = 2016-03-07}}</ref> It performed [[Wikipedia:data mining|data mining]] and [[Wikipedia:data analysis|data analysis]] on its audience. Based on results, communications would then be specifically targeted to key audience groups to modify behaviour in accordance with the goal of SCL's client. The company used to describe itself as a "global election management agency".<ref name=scl>{{cite web|url=http://scl.cc/|title=SCL Group - Home|publisher=SCL Group}}</ref> London-based SCL was founded by [[Wikipedia:Nigel Oakes|Nigel Oakes]] who served as its CEO.<ref name=bb>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-23/trump-data-gurus-leave-long-trail-of-subterfuge-dubious-dealing| title=Trump Data Gurus Leave Long Trail of Subterfuge, Dubious Dealing |website=[[Bloomberg.com]] |accessdate=3 April 2017}}</ref>

==See also==

*{{Wikipedia-inline|SCL Group}}

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