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Who's to blame: Users who agree to give up their data or companies that collect and store it? top-story

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On Thursday, June 27 at 19:30 GMT:

Nowadays it is hard to go online without a barrage of ads targeted specifically at you. And that is because with every click you give Big Tech companies access to your personal information. But users are pushing back as Google faces several legal battles in Europe and Facebook’s privacy breaches become bigger news. Who is to blame: The users who agree to give up their data or companies that collect and store it? 

Read more:


How Google beat the feds - Politico
Google competitors urge EU’s antitrust body to reject proposed remedies on search dominance - The Washington Post

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