Facebook Inc. is being sued in Australia by the nation's privacy regulator, which claims the social media giant exposed the personal data of more than 300,000 users to the risk of being used for political profiling.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that in proceedings lodged in the Federal Court, the Australian Information Commissioner alleges Facebook repeatdly breached privacy laws by disclosing user information to the "This Is Your Digital Life" app, according to a statement Monday.

The personal data of 311,127 Australian Facebook users was "exposed to the risk of being disclosed" to consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and used for profiling purposes, according to the statement.