On 9 March 2020, the Australian Information Commissioner
filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against
social media giant, Facebook.
It is alleged that between 12 March 2014 and 1 May 2015,
Facebook seriously and repeatedly interfered with the privacy of
311,127 Australian Facebook users by disclosing their personal
information (including sensitive information) to a third party
application, which was then sold to political consulting firm
Cambridge Analytica.
What is 'Personal Information'?
The term
personal information can include a wide range of information or
opinion about an identified person (or a person who is reasonably
identifiable). Broadly speaking, it covers health information,
credit information, employee record information and 'sensitive
information'.
