Facebook Faces Court Action Over Secret Data Harvesting

Facebook Faces Court Action Over Secret Data Harvesting
The logo of the social network Facebook on a broken screen of a mobile phone on May 16, 2018. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Y. Teng
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Australia’s consumer regulator has taken social media giant Facebook to court for secretly harvesting the data of users via its VPN subsidiary Onavo Protect.

Onavo, which was acquired by Facebook in 2013, was spruiked as a free virtual private network (VPN) service supposed to “save, measure, and protect” user data, according to promotional ads.

Daniel Y. Teng
Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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