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Australia's Federal Court finds Google misled users about collection, use of location data

Friday 16 April 2021 | 06:44 CET | News
Australia's competition watchdog ACCC reports that the Federal Court has found that Google and Google Australia misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018. The enforcement action was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission / Google
Countries: Australia
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