Data protection scandal: Google threatens massive penalties for user tracking!

Data protection scandal: Google threatens massive penalties for user tracking!

Kalifornien, USA - Google is once again faced with severe allegations that could shake the trust of the users in the tech giants. A US court approved a class action lawsuit on Wednesday that accuses the company to continue to collect data from smartphone users secretly despite deactivated tracking. This lawsuit could lead to sensitive punishments for Google, which has headquarters in California, because the plaintiffs denounce a violation of privacy and violations of California data protection laws. The internet giant defends itself with the fact that the basic information collected would not harm anyone. But the allegations are in space: Supposedly the users were not sufficiently informed about the data collection and Google has deliberately provided vague information so as not to alert users, reports the Krone .

It is particularly explosive that the allegation of the data collection is not new. In the past, Google had to compete in court several times due to similar incidents. Last year, the company was ordered to delete billions of data that were collected by users despite the use of incognito mode. According to the Kleine Zeitung , the user rights activists are determined to show the Internet giant, while the start of the main procedure for August 18. The plaintiffs and their lawyers were initially unavailable for a comment, but the echo of the public remains tense.