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Google Faces Privacy Complaint for Tracking Users in EU

  • Max Schrems group Noyb files complaint with Austrian watchdog
  • Says Google tracks users illegally, passes data to advertisers
Max Schrems
Max SchremsPhotographer: Lisi Niesner/Bloomberg
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Google faces a data-protection complaint from Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems amid concerns it unlawfully monitors users and passes on the “tracking ID” to advertisers.

Schrems’s campaign group Noyb on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing Google of tracking users of Android phones through a unique ID that “allows Google and countless third-parties to” monitor users.