Australians in Facebook data leak to be notified

Facebook is set to notify hundreds of thousands of Australians who could have had their personal data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

Australians in Facebook data leak to be notified

Facebook is set to notify hundreds of thousands of Australians who could have had their personal data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Source: Pixabay

About 310,000 Australian Facebook users are set to find out their personal information may have been accessed by Cambridge Analytica.

The social media behemoth is expected from Monday afternoon to notify the 87 million users worldwide whose data may have been unknowingly and "improperly" shared with the British political consulting agency.

About one in 50 Australian users and one in every three American users are among those affected.

 

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