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Apple hits back at European activist complaints against tracking tool

By Kirsti Knolle on Nov 17, 2020 9:36AM
Apple hits back at European activist complaints against tracking tool

Draws strongly critical response.

An Austrian privacy advocacy group drew a strongly critical response from Apple after it said an online tracking tool used in its devices breached European law. The group, led by campaigner Max Schrems, filed complaints with data protection watchdogs in Germany and Spain alleging that the ...

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By Kirsti Knolle
Nov 17 2020
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