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Google is sued in U.S. for tracking customers' 'personal' internet browsing

Google used to be sued on Tuesday in a proposed elegance motion accusing the internet seek corporate of illegally invading the privateness of tens of millions of customers by way of tracking their internet use from browsers set in "private" browsing mode.
Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by tracking their internet use from browsers set in "private" browsing mode.

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  1. "Alphabet unit Google has offered not to use fitness tracker company Fitbit's health data to help it target ads in a bid to address EU antitrust concerns about the $2.1 billion deal, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday". (July 13, 2020)
  2. "Facebook said on Thursday it was looking at the implications of a European court ruling that deemed a transatlantic data transfer deal invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance". (July 16, 2020)
  3. "Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Google's planned purchase of Fitbit, saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions". (July 23, 2020)
  4. "Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it would allow employees, who do not need to be in the office, to work from home until the end of June 2021". (July 27, 2020)
  5. "Australia's consumer watchdog said on Thursday it had concerns that Alphabet Inc-owned Google's planned $2.1 billion (1.6 billion) acquisition of fitness tracker company Fitbit may hinder competition in digital advertising and health markets". (June 18, 2020)
  6. "Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would now share the report on its privacy practices to a newly formed committee on its board following its settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over data privacy probe". (June 18, 2020)
  7. "Australia's competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet's Google for allegedly misleading consumers about the expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising". (July 27, 2020)
  8. "U.S. Justice Department officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss ongoing antitrust probes into Alphabet Inc's Google unit, a person briefed on the matter said". (June 23, 2020)
  9. "Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems on Thursday welcomed a decision by the European Union's top court in his case against Facebook, saying the legal basis for more then 5,000 U.S. companies that use an EU tool to transfer Europeans' personal data to the United States for commercial use has been annulled". (July 16, 2020)
  10. "Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit Inc because of privacy and competition concerns". (July 2, 2020)
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