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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Use of Google Analytics violates EU law, Austrian authority rules (www.euractiv.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Canard@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The Austrian Data Protection Authority has decided that the use of Google Analytics violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Other EU member states could follow suit, as regulators cooperate in a task force in the European Data Protection Board.

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[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Ha! Good thing I just quit my day job as an SEO specialist. An entire industry based on googles whims and secret algo is incredibly fragile anyway. It's insane how dependent nearly all business is on google. I hope they ban more of their tracking stuff!