In its previous statement, Cambridge Analytica said it "strongly denies" the claims recently made by the New York Times, the Guardian and Channel 4 News.
"In 2017 we received Facebook data and derivatives of Facebook data from another company, GSR, that we engaged in good faith to legally supply data for research," the statement said.
The company added after it subsequently became known that GSR had broken its contract with Cambridge Analytica because it had not adhered to data protection regulation, Cambridge Analytica deleted all the Facebook data and derivatives, in cooperation with Facebook.
"This Facebook data was not used by Cambridge Analytica as part of the services it provided to the Donald Trump presidential campaign ... We did not work on the Brexit referendum in the UK," it added.
Facebook said on Friday it has suspended Cambridge Analytica from Facebook "given the public prominence of this organization".
Bloomberg reported on Monday that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Facebook over the use of that personal data.
Facebook said Tuesday it faced questions from FTC about the data acquired by Cambridge Analytica and the FTC said it had no indication of a formal investigation.
Facebook Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Rob Sherman said that the company remained committed to protecting people's information.
Facebook shares tumbled as much as 5 percent Tuesday, following a 6.7-percent plunge on Monday.
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