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Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers

Posted on September 4, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Madhumita Murgia reports:

Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies and circumventing EU privacy regulations that require consent and transparency, according to one of its smaller rivals.

New evidence submitted to an investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner in Dublin, which oversees Google’s European business, accused the US tech company of “exploiting personal data without sufficient control or concern over data protection”.

Read more on Irish Times.

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