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Google's 2016 data-collection update failed to explain privacy change, Australian court hears

By Laurel Henning ( November 29, 2021, 07:03 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s 2016 data-collection update misled Australian consumers by failing to refer to the company’s privacy policy or explain how the US technology giant was gaining access to more data on its users, an Australian court heard today. Presenting opening arguments on behalf of the Australian consumer regulator, lawyer Kate Morgan told the Federal Court of Australia that Google users would not have known the company “was effecting a fundamental change to its privacy policy.”Google’s 2016 data-collection update misled Australian consumers by failing to refer to the company’s privacy policy or explain how the US technology giant was gaining access to more data on its users, an Australian court heard today....

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