Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook over its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved harvesting the personal data of tens of millions of people from the social media’s platform for political advertising purposes. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said on Monday that it had started legal proceedings in Federal Court, alleging Facebook had seriously and repeatedly contravened privacy law by exposing users’ data to Cambridge Analytica, a political research firm. Read More...
Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook over its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved harvesting the personal data of tens of millions of people from the social media’s platform for political advertising purposes. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said on Monday that it had started legal proceedings in Federal Court, alleging Facebook had seriously and repeatedly contravened privacy law by exposing users’ data to Cambridge Analytica, a political research firm.
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