Meta agrees to pay A$50 million to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

2024-12-17 15:17:13

Meta has agreed to pay A$50 million to end a protracted legal battle over a Cambridge Analytica scandal, Australia's privacy regulator said on Tuesday.

Cambridge Analytica, a British consulting firm, had been exposed for retaining the personal data of millions of Facebook users without permission and using it for political advertising, among other things.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) alleged that some users' personal information was also disclosed to Facebook's personality-testing application "This is Your Digital Life".

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