Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups' privacy complaints


FILE PHOTO A logo of Google is seen at its exhibition space at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris France June 15 2022. REUTERSBenoit TessierFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Google is seen at its exhibition space, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users' personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday.

In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia have taken their complaints to their data protection authorities, BEUC said.

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