ACCC launches fresh proceedings against Facebook for misusing consumer app data
Regulatory watchdog is alleging Facebook used data collected by its Onavo Protect app to inform marketing and consumer acquisition activities
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is once again instigating proceedings against Facebook, this time for allegedly misusing consumer data relating to a VPN app for marketing purposes.
The regulatory watchdog is alleging Facebook and its subsidiaries, Facebook Israel and Onavo, misled Australian consumers by positioning the Onavo Protect virtual private network (VPN) app as keeping a user’s personal activity data private, protected and secret, thereby ensuring no data would be used for any other purpose than providing the Onavo product.
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2020 has been interesting , to say the least. But there
is no doubt that the pandemic has hastened the adoption of emerging
digital technologies, ushered in a new era of remote and flexible
working arrangements, increased organisations reliance on
digital infrastructure and exposed our tech-related strengths and
weaknesses alike.
Leaving 2020 in the rear-view mirror, we count down our top 10
predictions for 2021 and beyond in the domain of Digital Law in
Australia.
10 – Increasing regulatory complexity
Despite an existing principles-based framework for the
protection of privacy under the Privacy Act, in recent years the