Lady Whistledown
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Shirika la Ulinzi wa Taarifa la Ufaransa linaituhumu Kampuni ya #Google kwa kukiuka uamuzi wa mahakama ya Umoja wa Ulaya kwa kutuma barua pepe za matangazo ambazo hazijaombwa moja kwa moja watumiaji wa Gmail
Mahakama ya Haki ya Umoja wa Ulaya, (CJEU) mnamo mwaka 2021 iliamua kuwa Kitengo cha Alfabeti (GOOGL.O) ambacho mapato yake hasa yanatokana na utangazaji wa mtandaoni, kinapaswa kuwauliza watumiaji wa #Gmail idhini yao ya awali kabla ya kuwatumia barua pepe zozote za uuzaji wa moja kwa moja
Google haijatoa tamko lolote kuhusiana na madai hayo
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Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog.
The Alphabet unit (GOOGL.O), whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users for their prior consent before sending them any direct marketing emails, noyb.eu said, citing a 2021 decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE).
While Google's ad emails may look like normal ones, they include the word "Ad" in green letters on the left-hand side, below the subject of the email, noyb.eu said in its complaint. Also, they do not include a date, the advocacy group added.
"It's as if the postman was paid to remove the ads from your mailbox and put his own instead," said Romain Robert, programme director at noyb.eu, with reference to Gmail's anti-spam filters that put most unsolicited
Google did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment. A spokesperson for the CNIL confirmed the authority had received the complaint and that it was being registered.
Source: Reuters
Mahakama ya Haki ya Umoja wa Ulaya, (CJEU) mnamo mwaka 2021 iliamua kuwa Kitengo cha Alfabeti (GOOGL.O) ambacho mapato yake hasa yanatokana na utangazaji wa mtandaoni, kinapaswa kuwauliza watumiaji wa #Gmail idhini yao ya awali kabla ya kuwatumia barua pepe zozote za uuzaji wa moja kwa moja
Google haijatoa tamko lolote kuhusiana na madai hayo
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Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog.
The Alphabet unit (GOOGL.O), whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users for their prior consent before sending them any direct marketing emails, noyb.eu said, citing a 2021 decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE).
While Google's ad emails may look like normal ones, they include the word "Ad" in green letters on the left-hand side, below the subject of the email, noyb.eu said in its complaint. Also, they do not include a date, the advocacy group added.
"It's as if the postman was paid to remove the ads from your mailbox and put his own instead," said Romain Robert, programme director at noyb.eu, with reference to Gmail's anti-spam filters that put most unsolicited
Google did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment. A spokesperson for the CNIL confirmed the authority had received the complaint and that it was being registered.
Source: Reuters
