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Consumer Watchdog files complaint with FTC against Google for linking Google+, Gmail

( January 21, 2014, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Consumer Watchdog has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission against Google for an alleged privacy design flaw and violating its agreement with the FTC that settled privacy charges over its Google Buzz service. The complaint argues that Google’s linking of Google+ accounts to Gmail so that users can send emails to Gmail accounts without know their address is a “fundamental privacy flaw and must be fixed.”See document below....

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