Google collects text and call data from Android users without consent
New research shows that the Google Messages and Phone apps have been collecting texts and calls data on Android without consent.
Google maneuvers toward new user-tracking norms
The future of the user-tracking landscape for advertising technology companies was supposed to be cleared up this year.
Google to Launch Google Analytics 4 in an Attempt to Address EU Privacy Concerns
Google announced the launch of “Google Analytics 4” to address recent developments in the EU regarding the use of cookies and data transfers.
Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’
At issue is the DPC’s response to a complaint about Google’s role in the high-velocity trading of web users’ personal data to determine which ads get served.
Who Is Policing the Location Data Industry?
Google and Apple have tried to crack down, but location data brokers are moving to a new way to collect your whereabouts that’s much harder to detect.
TikTok shares your data more than any other social media app
YouTube and TikTok track users’ personal data more than other social media apps, a recent study says. YouTube mostly keeps the data for itself, while TikTok allows more third parties to collect it.
Google Plans to Curtail Cross-App Tracking on Android Phones
The Alphabet unit plans to continue support of the existing approach for at least two years as it follows Apple in challenging Facebook.
French watchdog rules use of Google Analytics illegal
Although Google has adopted additional measures to regulate data transfers in the context of the Google Analytics functionality, these are not sufficient.
Advertisers Demand Antitrust Probe of Google’s Ad-Tracking
Digital advertisers are seeking a wider German antitrust probe of Google’s news service, potentially deepening scrutiny of how the search engine gathers data.
German Court Rules Websites Embedding Google Fonts Violates GDPR
A German court has ruled that websites that embed fonts from Google servers violate GDPR, and must pay €100 in damages.
French court upholds 100 mln euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy
France’s supreme administrative court upheld a decision by a DPA imposing a €100 million euro fine on Google for breaches linked to its cookies policy.
Google proposes yet another interest-based ad system
Google introduces Topics, a categorization system for serving interest-based ads.