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European Regulators Accuse Meta Of &;#039;Massive‚ Illegal&;#039; Privacy &;#039;Smokescreen&;#039;
A European consumer rights consortium has released a scathing new report accusing Meta‚ the owner of Facebook and Instagram‚ of using a privacy “smokescreen” to obscure what it’s deemed a “massive‚ illegal” data collection scheme.
In particular‚ the European Consumer Organisation says Meta’s Nov. 2023 policy of charging European Union residents a monthly privacy fee if they don’t want to be tracked violates an EU privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....