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Google Still Tracks App Users When They’ve Opted Out, Privacy Lawsuit Alleges

Posted on July 15, 2020 By Davey Winder

Google stands accused of tracking user activity in apps even if they’ve turned ‘web and app activity’ settings to off.

A lawsuit seeking class-action status alleges that Google tracks both browsing activity and data across a wide variety of apps. This happens, the class action complaint which I have a copy of claims, without user knowledge or consent and “regardless of what safeguards or ‘privacy settings’ consumers undertake to protect their privacy.”

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