Austria privacy activists file suit against streaming sites


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  • Friday, 18 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems checks his mobile phone in his office in Vienna, Austria, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo

VIENNA: An Austrian privacy campaign group lodged complaints against eight online streaming services Friday, accusing them of “structural violations” of EU data regulations that came into effect last year. 

NOYB, a non-profit organisation whose name means None Of Your Business, said it had filed a complaint with Austria’s Data Protection Authority against services including Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime and Spotify. 

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