Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia
Highlights
- Federal court throws out Facebook’s claim that it does not carry out business in Australia.
- Federal court rules that social media giant collects personal information in the country.
- Cambridge Analytica harvested personal data of millions of Facebook users without their consent.
- The information was then used predominantly for political advertising, including to assist the Brexit campaign and Donald Trump.
- The OAIC is suing Facebook, now Meta, for breaching the privacy of more than 300,000 Australian Facebook users.
- Facebook has appealed the decision, saying it is not carrying out business or collecting personal data in Australia and cannot be sued under the country’s privacy laws.