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Google will reimburse developers $90 million to settle a lawsuit over Play Store earnings

Google’s ‘deceptive’ account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints

June 29, 2022 Natasha Lomas 174 ViewsAndroid, BEUC, dark patterns, data processing, data protection, Data Protection Commission, data protection law, deceptive design, Europe, european commission, European Data Protection Board, european union, France, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Google, ireland, privacy, tracking 12 min read

Consumer rights groups in Europe have filed a new series of privacy complaints against Google — accusing the advertising giant of deceptive design around the account creation process that they say steers users into agreeing to extensive and invasive processing of their data. The tech giant profiles account holders for ad targeting purposes — apparently […]

TikTok’s chief security officer steps down amid increased scrutiny from US officials

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After EU child safety complaints, TikTok tweaks ad disclosures but profiling concerns remain

June 22, 2022 Natasha Lomas 185 ViewsBEUC, child safety, consumer protection, data protection, Data Protection Commission, european union, General Data Protection Regulation, TikTok 11 min read

A long-running EU engagement with TikTok — initiated following a series of complaints over child safety and consumer protection complaints filed back in February 2021 — has ended, for now, with the video sharing platform offering a series of commitments to improve user reporting and disclosure requirements around ads/sponsored content; and also to boost transparency […]

Meta’s first human rights report is largely self-congratulatory

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Europe’s top court unblocks more GDPR litigation against Big Tech

April 28, 2022 Natasha Lomas 176 ViewsBEUC, civil society, CJEU, consumer, consumer protection, data processing, data protection, digital rights, european union, General Data Protection Regulation, Germany, Google, human rights, Instagram, ireland, Litigation, noyb, privacy, Representative Actions Directive, vzbv 7 min read

A ruling by the European Union’s top court today is set to unblock a raft of litigation brought by consumer protection organizations seeking to apply the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standard against tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter over issues like whether they gather properly informed consent to process people’s data. In […]