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EU privateness company urges extra safeguards to curb U.S. tech giants

EU privateness watchdog EDPS on Wednesday sponsored the bloc's push to curb the facility of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet unit Google and Facebook by the use of new powerful pointers and recommended extra safeguards to boost consumers' privateness rights.
EU privacy watchdog EDPS on Wednesday backed the bloc's push to curb the power of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet unit Google and Facebook via new tough rules and suggested more safeguards to boost users' privacy rights.

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