Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits, lawsuit says.
  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits

    And they will continue doing so because the “risk” is worth the consequences.

    Here’s an idea: Fine them the value of all that ad revenue + 20%. Then see how willing they are to break privacy laws.

    If they can’t profit from doing illegal stuff, they won’t do illegal stuff.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Honestly at this point why are people shocked that Google is tracking them?

    Everything you do and are is a data point for advertising.

    • hummingbird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      The question is not weather Google is tracking or not, the question is if Google is breaking the law doing so.

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        2·
        7 months ago

        just because you can do a thing didn’t mean you should do a thing.

        Or something like that.

    • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      the more articles like those show up in mainstream media, the more people will become disillusioned with Google.

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      7 months ago

      You can just RTFA, it’s literally in the first three sentences:

      Filing a proposed class-action suit in California, Katherine Wilson has accused Google of using Google Analytics and DoubleClick trackers on the California DMV site to unlawfully obtain information about her personal disability without her consent.

      This, Wilson argued, violated the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), as well as the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and impacted perhaps millions of drivers who had no way of knowing Google was collecting sensitive information shared only for DMV purposes.

      You don’t think Google is tracking you when you’re filing your taxes online, do you?

        • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          7 months ago

          I’m going to assume TurboTax is an American thing, and that’s insane that you’re willingly using something that you think is selling your income, taxable earnings, and government information to advertisers.

          That is NOT a reasonable expectation for most of the world that Google operates in, including California with it’s data protection laws, which once again is what this article is talking about.