Privacy interest groups file complaint with EU over LinkedIn
Digital civil rights organizations recently filed a complaint with the EC against LinkedIn. This business social media platform is allegedly using privacy-sensitive data to display advertisements.
According to the complaint to the EC by Bits of Freedom, EDRi, Global Witness and Gesellschaft für... Read more
EU promotes law on client-side scanning on X, noyb files complaint
Privacy organization noyb is filing a complaint with the Dutch DPA against X. The social media platform would enable illegal microtargeting ads which the European Commission uses to seek support for its proposals on client-side scanning.
Pan-European privacy organization noyb fundamentally disag... Read more
Apple indicted by developers for monopoly App Store
Two developers are suing Apple in the United States. The developers claim that the company has had a monopoly on the sale and distribution of iOS apps for many years. The two argue for the arrival of new app stores for iOS.
The lawsuit must become a class action, which means that it may represent a... Read more
GDPR complaint against Google about collecting location data
A number of European consumer associations had filed a complaint against Google. The company would use manipulative techniques to track the location of web users and use them to better target ads. It seems to be a new GDPR complaint that the Internet giant will have to deal with.
Consumer associatio... Read more
Oracle, Equifax and five other tech companies accused of GDPR violations
Privacy International (PI) accuses seven data companies, techfirmas and credit agencies of violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For this reason, it submits a complaint to various authorities. They will look at the complaints and assess whether additional steps are needed.
Complai... Read more