Cambridge Analytica was Facebook’s ‘leaky bucket’, says Google Australia boss

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal was not “just about data” but rather a conversation about the value a user is getting from releasing their information, Google Australia’s boss Jason Pellegrino had said.

Pellegrino, who spoke on a CEO panel at Sydney’s CeBIT tech conference today, told the audience there had to be a “utility exchange” for the data a business obtains, adding if there is no trust, it can prove detrimental.

The panel at today’s CeBIT conference (L-R): Google’s Jason Pellegrino, The Australian’s Nicholas Gray, Twitter Australia’s Suzy Nicoletti and Yahoo7’s Ed Harrison