Most of 310,000 Australians affected by breach did not directly consent to harvesting of their personal detailsOnly 53 Australians used a Facebook quiz app responsible for the Cambridge Analytica data breach, meaning the vast majority of 310,000 affected citizens did not directly consent to the harvesting of their personal details. The vast breach was facilitated by a little-known personality quiz app, named “thisisyourdigitallife”, which collected the personal information of participants and their Facebook friends. Facebook data breach hits 63,714 New Zealanders after 10 people download quiz Read moreGuardian Australia can reveal just 53 Australians used the quiz app. Australians and New Zealanders may also have been exposed to the breach by Facebook friends abroad. Facebook is also sending a notice to all 2.2bn Facebook users on “Protecting Your Information”.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2018 07:46 UTC