Australia Files Privacy Suit Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica

The Australian privacy regulator filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., accusing the social media giant of sharing the personal details of more than 300,000 people with political consultant Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge. In the Federal Court lawsuit, the Australian Information Commissioner accused Facebook of breaching privacy law by disclosing 311,127 users’ information for political profiling via a survey product, “This Is Your Digital Life,” on its website.