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Facebook's global data breach draws New Zealand regulatory scrutiny

By Laurel Henning ( April 8, 2021, 06:24 GMT | Insight) -- The reemergence of scraped Facebook data that has seen information on 533 million users published online over the weekend has prompted inquiries from New Zealand’s privacy regulator. The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner has approached Facebook for initial information on the data breach, which is understood to include the personal information of more than 67,000 New Zealanders and is seeking further details from the social media company.The reemergence of scraped Facebook data that has seen information on 533 million users published online over the weekend has prompted inquiries from New Zealand’s privacy regulator....

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