Following a record-breaking $5 billion (US) penalty imposed by the US Federal
Trade Commission in July 2019, Facebook agreed to pay a $9 million (Canadian)
penalty to settle allegations that it misled consumers about how
their personal information was being shared with third-party apps
on its platform.
Canada's Commissioner of Competition alleged that Facebook
made false and misleading representations to the public that
created the general impression about who could actually see or
access users' personal information on Facebook and Facebook
Messenger. The Commissioner concluded that Facebook did not in fact
limit the sharing of personal information with third-party apps in
a manner that was consistent with its representations.
