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Google gobbling Fitbit is a significant privateness possibility, warns EU information coverage consultant

The Eu Information Coverage Board (EDPB) has intervened to boost considerations about Google’s plan to scoop up the well being and process information of thousands and thousands of Fitbit customers — at a time when the corporate is underneath intense scrutiny over how widely it tracks other folks on-line and for antitrust conce…
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google’s plan to scoop up the health and activity data of millions of Fitbit users — at a time when the company is under intense scrutiny over how extensively it tracks people online and for antitrust conce…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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  2. "Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, has written to the EUs competition regulator calling for Googles acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit to be blocked unless meaningful safeguards can be baked in". (November 27, 2020)
  3. "The European Unions lead data protection supervisor has recommended that a ban on targeted advertising based on tracking Internet users digital activity be included in a major reform of digital services rules which aims to increase operators accountability, among other key goal". (February 10, 2021)
  4. "The FTC has reached a settlement with Flo, a period and fertility tracking app with 100 million+ users, over allegations it shared users health data with third-party app analytics and marketing services like Facebook despite promising to keep users sensitive health data private". (January 13, 2021)
  5. "Google has offered a second round of concessions to try to persuade European regulators to clear its acquisition of wearables maker Fitbit . The deal has been stalled by concerns over its impact on consumer privacy and competition in the wearables market". (September 29, 2020)
  6. "Google has agreed to pay a 1.1 million fine over misleading star ratings for hotels in France. The tech giant had been applying its own (algorithmic) system of ratings for hotels applied via its search engine and on Google Maps". (February 15, 2021)
  7. "The deadline for Europe to make a call on the Google -Fitbit merger has been pushed out again with EU regulators now having until January 8, 2021, to take a decision". (October 16, 2020)
  8. "Googles push to phase out third party tracking cookies aka its Privacy Sandbox initiative is facing a competition challenge in Europe". (November 23, 2020)
  9. "Googles appeal against an order by Frances competition watchdog to negotiate with publishers for reuse of snippets of their content has failed". (October 8, 2020)
  10. "Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApps terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italys data protection agency". (January 14, 2021)
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