Google faces another GDPR probe
The Swedish Data Protection Authority (Datainspektionen) announced the investigation earlier this week.
The probe is the result of a complaint submitted in November by the Swedish Consumer Association (Sveriges Konsumenter) that is based on a report from the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) about Google’s use of dark patterns – which are user interface design choices that attempt to trick users into doing things they may not want to do.
That report criticised the “overwhelming amount of granular choices” on Google’s privacy dashboard, and the pop-ups trying to dissuade users from turning off (or, as Google says, “pausing”) location data.
Source: Google faces another GDPR probe – this time in the land of meatballs and flat-pack furniture
