I’m surprised the Information Commissioner can afford this...

In response to the title, in the 2019-20 budget papers;

The Government will provide $25.1 million over three years from 2019-20 (including capital funding of $2.0 million) to facilitate timely responses to privacy complaints and support strengthened enforcement action in relation to social media and other online platforms that breach privacy regulations.

So the government gave the OAIC $25 million to go after Facebook. I suspect there will be a pretty good return on that money.

Article text:

‘Australia's information commissioner has launched legal action against Facebook, accusing the social media giant of "serious and/or repeated interferences" with user privacy in breach of the law.

The Federal Court action follows a lengthy investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018, which saw millions of users' data inappropriately accessed by the now defunct data science firm.

The information commissioner has alleged the personal information of Australian Facebook users was disclosed for purposes other than that for which it was collected - a breach of Australia's Privacy Act.

"All entities operating in Australia must be transparent and accountable in the way they handle personal information, in accordance with their obligations under Australian privacy law," Australian information commissioner Angelene Falk said.

"We consider the design of the Facebook platform meant that users were unable to exercise reasonable choice and control about how their personal information was disclosed."

The commissioner said 311,127 Australian users of the platform had their data "exposed to be sold and used for purposes including political profiling, well outside users’ expectations".

Facebook has been approached for comment.’

‘No’ costs if you win so take advice and GO FOR IT BRO (yes she has, who Knew)