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0 pointsHeatrayEnjoyer1y ago0 comments

>[...]personal information of some Australian Facebook users was disclosed to the This is Your Digital Life app in breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The information was exposed to the risk of disclosure to Cambridge Analytica and other third parties, and risked being used for political profiling purposes. [...]

The relevant law had been in force for two decades before facebook ever became relevant.

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xyzzy1231y ago

I think this is the first actual settlement in the 20 years those rules have been on the books?

ajdlinux1y ago

Here's a few more: https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-assessments-and-deci...

xyzzy1231y ago

Thank you for the correction there have been way more of these than I thought.

It seems they are referring to this as a "landmark" ruling because it's the first one with a "payout" condition.

bigfatkitten1y ago

It's not the first but they are extremely rare.

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0 pointsHeatrayEnjoyer1y ago0 comments

The relevant law had been in force for two decades before facebook ever became relevant.

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xyzzy1231y ago

I think this is the first actual settlement in the 20 years those rules have been on the books?

ajdlinux1y ago

Here's a few more: https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-assessments-and-deci...

xyzzy1231y ago

Thank you for the correction there have been way more of these than I thought.

It seems they are referring to this as a "landmark" ruling because it's the first one with a "payout" condition.

bigfatkitten1y ago

It's not the first but they are extremely rare.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse