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Amazon creates illegal 'dossier' of consumers' movements, interests, US suit says

( January 29, 2025, 01:39 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon has secretly collected data about the location, movements and association of millions of customers by inserting trackers into apps consumers use to test the speed of their Internet connection and for other uses. That tracking data was embedded through the Amazon Ads Software Development Kit, or SDK.  "Ultimately, the Amazon Ads SDK has allowed Amazon to secretly create a detailed log of Plaintiff’s and the putative Class’s precise movement patterns, along with a dossier of their likes and interests, all without their consent or permission," plainitff Felix Kolotinsky says.See attached document....

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