❗️ Google accused of GDPR privacy violations by seven countries. Faces its first challenge under Europe’s strict new data protection rules
• The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), of which each of the groups are a member, claims that Google’s “deceptive practices” around location tracking don’t give users a real choice about whether to enable it, and that Google doesn’t properly inform them about what this tracking entails. If upheld, the complaints could mean a hefty fine for the search giant .
• The consumer groups, which included those in the Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden, filed complaints with their respective national data protection authorities, based on research by their Norwegian counterpart. Google is already facing a lawsuit in the United States for allegedly tracking phone users regardless of privacy settings.
• Google is not the only tech giant to be facing a major GDPR complaint. Irish data privacy commissioner said it would be investigating Facebook over security breach affecting 29 million accounts & lately a cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal❗️
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• The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), of which each of the groups are a member, claims that Google’s “deceptive practices” around location tracking don’t give users a real choice about whether to enable it, and that Google doesn’t properly inform them about what this tracking entails. If upheld, the complaints could mean a hefty fine for the search giant .
• The consumer groups, which included those in the Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden, filed complaints with their respective national data protection authorities, based on research by their Norwegian counterpart. Google is already facing a lawsuit in the United States for allegedly tracking phone users regardless of privacy settings.
• Google is not the only tech giant to be facing a major GDPR complaint. Irish data privacy commissioner said it would be investigating Facebook over security breach affecting 29 million accounts & lately a cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal❗️
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🌐 Read more
🌐 Why Privacy Is Now Stronger in EU Than U.S
🌐 Adopt Privacy on Android
🌐 Go @NoGapps