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No it wasn't because "innocent until proven guilty" applies. At the moment there only is an accusation of a violation.

• gpderetta 8y ago
  it is not a criminal procedure though.
• ssalka 8y ago
  Maybe, but in this case there are millions (billions?) of people that can attest to Google's practices.
  • mikejb 8y ago
    They can attest to practices, they cannot determine whether it's a violation.
  • skybrian 8y ago
    There 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 ago
      Don't worry, the story's worse than the Luddite rumors anyway.