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Australian watchdog sues Facebook over ‘privacy’ app alleging it harvested users’ data instead
Australia’s consumer regulator has launched proceedings against Facebook and its subsidiaries over virtual private network (VPN) app Onavo Protect, alleging it harvested data without users’ consent. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said on Wednesday it was seeking to impose an unspecified fine on Facebook for engaging into “false, misleading or deceptive conduct.” While the tech giant has been promoting Onavo Protect as a tool to “keep users’ personal activity data private,” the application turned out to be doing exactly the opposite, the watchdog claimed. The free software instead “collected, aggregated and us

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