Google’s “deceitful” location tracking is against the law, say 7 EU groups

November 29th 2018, By Danny Bradbury
 
The row over Google’s location tracking has spread to Europe.
 
Consumer organizations from across the region said this week that they will complain about Google’s location tracking activities to their data protection authorities, alleging that it is breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
 
BEUC, an umbrella group of 43 European consumer organizations, said that Norway, Netherlands, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland and Sweden will all file complaints.
 
They’re basing their gripes on a report from the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) called Every Step You Take that explains what Google is doing and why they think it might be flouting Europe’s privacy laws.
 
Monique Goyens, Director General of The European Consumer Organisation, summed up the complaints in a statement on the BEUC site:
 
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