The Australian privacy regulator announced on December 17 that Meta has agreed to pay 50 million Australian Dollar to settle the protracted legal battle stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The UK consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was reported to have retained personal data of millions of Facebook users without permission and used it for political advertising and other purposes. The Australian Information Commissioner's Office alleged that some users' personal information was also disclosed to Facebook's personality quiz application 'This is Your Digital Life.'