Consumers from seven European countries, including the Czech Republic in addition to the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Greece, Sweden and Slovenia, filed a lawsuit against Google. In their opinion, it tracked the location of millions of users without authorization, which is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, also known as GDPR. Consumer agencies are asking the relevant authorities to take appropriate action against Google and its alleged illegal conduct.
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Consumers allege that Google uses a variety of unfair methods to get users to enable "location history" and "web activity in apps" features. “These unfair practices leave users uncertain about the use of their personal data. These practices do not comply with the GDPR, as Google has no legal basis for processing personal data." A Google spokesperson said that Location History can be turned off, adjusted, or paused in settings. Turning it on supposedly improves Google services. But such claims appear to be misleading to consumers. nestachi.
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This isn't the first privacy issue Google has faced. In August, it was revealed that Google collects users' location data even when the feature is disabled. A Princeton researcher found that Google stores location data when the Google Maps app is turned on on Android phones.onech even when the weather is automatically updated. All with accuracy to the square meter. However, similar offenses usually end with "only" a fine and it is likely that Google will only pay for its offense now.
This is again an important issue :) apple he's also following us and it bothers someone... but not me