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Australia sues Facebook over its use of Onavo to snoop

Yet additional bother brewing for Facebook: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing the tech giant over its use, in 2016 and 2017, of the Onavo VPN app to secret agent on consumers for business purposes. The ACCC’s case accuses Facebook of false, misleading or deceptive behavior …
Yet more trouble brewing for Facebook: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing the tech giant over its use, in 2016 and 2017, of the Onavo VPN app to spy on users for commercial purposes. The ACCC’s case accuses Facebook of false, misleading or deceptive conduct …

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