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It is a GDPR violation: > In our opinion, the scale in which Google tracks the location of its users breaches the GDPR. Users have not given free, specific, in
by hadrien01 8y ago
It is a GDPR violation:
> In our opinion, the scale in which Google tracks the location of its users breaches the GDPR. Users have not given free, specific, informed and unambiguous consent to the collection and use of location data, particularly considering the scale of tracking going on, says Gro Mette Moen.
https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/google-manipulates-users-into-constant-tracking/ https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/google-manipulates-users-...
- merb 8y agoit's only a violation IF the authorities think it's a violation. they decide the fine, if any at all.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- akvadrako 8y agoThat's getting very philosophical. If a tree breaks a regulation in the forest and no agency is around to issue a fine, was it a violation?
- nradov 8y agoThere's no philosophy here. That's literally how regulations work.
- mikejb 8y agoYou include the "breaks a regulation" in the premise, whilst in this GDPR case it is what has to be established. The accuser doesn't get to determine guilt.
- diffeomorphism 8y agoNo it wasn't because "innocent until proven guilty" applies. At the moment there only is an accusation of a violation.
- gpderetta 8y agoit is not a criminal procedure though.
- ssalka 8y agoMaybe, but in this case there are millions (billions?) of people that can attest to Google's practices.
- mikejb 8y agoThey can attest to practices, they cannot determine whether it's a violation.
- skybrian 8y agoThere are probably millions of people with negative opinions about Google. The number of people who understand both Google's practices and the GDPR well enough to write a complaint is probably a lot lower. Most people just use Internet services to get things done, rather than experimenting with them enough to know how they work. And they believe rumors.
- acct1771 8y agoDon't worry, the story's worse than the Luddite rumors anyway.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoThat’s your opinion, not yet a ruling from the relevant agencies. Of course, you’ll probably be proven right, but time will tell.