Meta Headquarters along 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA. Photo: Marc Olivier Le Blanc for ALM Australia Fines Facebook Owner Meta More Than $13M for Misleading Australians About Data Use
The court found that promotions for the Meta app Onavo Protect failed to adequately disclose that users' data would be shared with Meta and used for commercial purposes.
July 28, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Privacy
An Australian court has ordered Facebook owner Meta to pay fines totaling A$20 million ($13.3 million) for failing to tell users of its free security app that it was collecting and sharing user data.
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