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fatboy@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

Google misled consumers over location data settings, Australia court finds

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Google misled consumers over location data settings, Australia court finds

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fatboy@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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Google’s historical collection of location data has got it into hot water in Australia where a case brought by the country’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has led to a federal court ruling that the tech giant misled consumers by operating a confusing dual-layer of location settings in what the regulator describes as a “world-first […]
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