{"id":23517,"date":"2020-03-17T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/?p=23517"},"modified":"2020-03-17T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:56:57","slug":"brave-browser-files-formal-complaint-against-google-for-breach-of-eus-gdpr-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/brave-browser-files-formal-complaint-against-google-for-breach-of-eus-gdpr-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave Browser Files Formal Complaint Against Google for Breach of EU\u2019s GDPR Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brave browser, a crypto-friendly browser based on the Google Chromium project has filed a formal complaint against Google for infringing upon its users\u2019 data privacy and breaching the EU GDPR<\/strong> that protects online users against abuse of their personally identifiable data.<\/p>\n According<\/a><\/strong> to Brave, Google is specifically guilty of abusing the \u2018purpose limitation\u2019 provision of the GDPR which specifies a company is only able to use the data they request or collect from their users to the extent in which they specify to the user.<\/p>\n Brave claims that Google does not adhere to this provision but instead uses the data it collects about its users from its various companies including YouTube and Gmail across its various businesses.<\/p>\n \u201cThe GDPR purpose limitation principle requires that organizations internally ring-fence personal data and use it only for the narrow purpose it was collected for. Brave\u2019s evidence shows that Google\u2019s internal data free-for-all is unlawful,\u201d <\/em>Brave wrote in an update notification<\/a><\/strong> on Monday regarding its formal complaint against Google.<\/p>\n The complaint, based on research done by Brave\u2019s Chief Policy & Industry Relations Officer Dr. Johnny Ryan<\/strong>, quotes him as saying,<\/p>\n \u201cGoogle has personal data about everyone. It collects this from products like YouTube and Gmail, and many other Google products that operate behind the scenes across the Internet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n