26-7-2023 (SYDNEY) Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook, has been ordered by an Australian court to pay fines amounting to A$20 million ($14 million) for collecting user data through an app that claimed to protect privacy without disclosing its data-gathering practices.
The Federal Court of Australia also mandated Meta, along with its subsidiaries Facebook Israel and the app Onavo, to cover A$400,000 in legal costs to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which initiated the civil lawsuit.
