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Australia: Information Commissioner initiated investigation into Meta over alleged improper disclosure of personal information to Cambridge Analytica

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Information Commissioner initiated investigation into Meta over alleged improper disclosure of personal information to Cambridge Analytica

On 5 April 2018, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) initiated an investigation under section 40(2) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in response to reports indicating that the personal information of Australian users may have b…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2018-04-05
under deliberation

On 5 April 2018, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) initiated an investig…

2020-03-09
under investigation

On 9 March 2020, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) commenced Civil Penal…

2023-03-07
under investigation

On 7 March 2023, the Full Court of the High Court of Australia issued a decision to revoke Facebook…

2023-06-02
under investigation

On 2 June 2023, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed an Amended State…

2024-12-17
under investigation

On 17 December 2024, the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reached a settlement agreement …

2025-06-26
under investigation

On 26 June 2025, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) announced that Meta P…