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London, Aug 31 (Ians) European privacy rights group, noyb, has filed three complaints with the data protection authorities (DPAs) in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy on behalf of three Fitbit users, alleging that the Google-owned company forces new users of its app to consent to data transfers outside the EU.
noyb requested the Austrian, Dutch and Italian DPAs to order Fitbit to share all mandatory information about the transfers with its users and allow them to use its app without having to consent to the data transfers.
Based on Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) turnover of last year, the competent authorities could also issue a fine of up to 11,28 billion euros, according to the complaint.
When creating an account with Fitbit, European users are obliged to “agree to the transfer of their data to the US and other countries with different data protection laws”.
This means that their data...
noyb requested the Austrian, Dutch and Italian DPAs to order Fitbit to share all mandatory information about the transfers with its users and allow them to use its app without having to consent to the data transfers.
Based on Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) turnover of last year, the competent authorities could also issue a fine of up to 11,28 billion euros, according to the complaint.
When creating an account with Fitbit, European users are obliged to “agree to the transfer of their data to the US and other countries with different data protection laws”.
This means that their data...
- 8/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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