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Google accused of gaining sensitive consumer data via secret formula
Published Mon, Jul 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Washington
A PROMINENT privacy rights watchdog is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate a new Google advertising programme that ties consumers' online behaviour to their purchases in brick-and-mortar stores.
The legal complaint from Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic), to be filed with the FTC on Monday, …
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