Judge rejects Facebook's bid to sidestep privacy lawsuit | MWhitbourn LisaVisentin
was disclosed between March 2014 and May 2015 for purposes other than those for which it was collected – a breach of Australia's Privacy Act.
In a bid to have the order permitting service of the lawsuit on it outside Australia set aside, Facebook Inc had argued it did not carry on business in Australia.
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