Australia is the latest country investigate Facebook, with its privacy watchdog probing the company following the data misuse by Cambridge Analytica. The internet company estimates it has more than 300,000 users in Australia. News of the probe came as Facebook admitted that as many as 87 million of its users had their data “improperly shared”. Elsewhere, Facebook users in the Philippines affected by the data breach have been urged to take care on the site, while in Canada, which does not have laws protecting personal data, Facebook users may press for such regulations. Indonesia has also started an investigation.
Australia is the latest country investigate Facebook, with its privacy watchdog probing the company following the data misuse by Cambridge Analytica. The internet company estimates it has more than 300,000 users in Australia. News of the probe came as Facebook admitted that as many as 87 million of its users had their data “improperly shared”. Elsewhere, Facebook users in the Philippines affected by the data breach have been urged to take care on the site, while in Indonesia, which does not have laws protecting personal data, Facebook users may press for such regulations. Canada has also started an investigation.