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From the ACCC website

“I agree” notification

The conduct is alleged to have impacted millions of Australians with Google accounts.

From 28 June 2016 until at least December 2018, Google account holders were prompted to click “I agree” to a pop-up notification from Google that purported to explain how it planned to combine their data, and sought the consumers’ consent for this.

  Some new features for your Google Account

  We’ve introduced some optional features for your account, giving you more control over the data Google collects and how it’s used, while allowing Google to show you more relevant ads.
The notification also stated, “More information will be available in your Google Account making it easier for you to review and control”; and “Google will use this information to make ads across the web more relevant for you.”

Not sure how you can provide informed consent, when the notification is so vague




If you scroll down they include screenshots, which have diagrams including how the data flows, and additional text. It's quite a lot of information.

Hard to know what the appropriate level here is, but Google sure did a lot more than just saying what the text said.




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