Australia fines Facebook owner Meta $14 mln for undisclosed data collection
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Sydney, 26 July - A Australian court ordered the payment of total of $ 20 million to collect user data through a smartphone application advertised as way to protect privacy.movements. The Australian Federal Court also ordered Meta to pay Meta to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission , which brought Civil Case through Facebook Israel and now undisputed Onavo. Fine has been completing a wire on use of Data Analysis in the US elections on use of Data Analysis Cambridge Analytica since a global scandal explosion, meeting Meta's legal problems in Australia to address user information. Meta is still a civilian court action by the Australian Information Commissioner Office about its relations with Cambridge Analytica in Australia. Wednesday's decision was related virtual private network service, which was declared as way keep Facebook as way keep personal information safe from the beginning of 2016 the end of 2016.VPNS by giving different online address its computersIt hides an internet user's identity. Abraham, "Inability to make enough explanation ... Tens thousands Australian consumers, onavo Protect before downloading andor before using data the collection and use opportunity to make a conscious choice may have deprived." The authority added that Australians may further fine hundreds billion dollars since release application 271.220 times, and that violation every consumer law has a fine 1.1 million dollars, but could be characterized as contradictory behavior course ". The fine was accepted by both parties, but he wrote "enough pain to ensure that the amount of penalty is not to be accepted ... Just as an acceptable cost of doing business." Last year, Global income 116 billion dollars of global revenue in a statement that the ACCC has never tried to mislead customers, and in last few years, we have built more transparency and control how its data is. " ACCC President Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in a statement, Australian consumers should be able to make a conscious choice what happened based on clear information their data. Byron Kaye;