Myndigheterna i Australien granskar nu uppgifter om att Google låter Android-telefoner skvallra om var användarna (och telefonen) befinner sig. Ett dolt insamlande av positionsdata.
Den som slagit larm är Googles bittra rival Oracle och enligt uppgifterna så skickas positionsdata från en Android-telefon till Google även om funktionen slagits av.
The long-running feud between Google and Oracle has officially spilled over into the tech-privacy debate, with Oracle prompting an Australian investigation into Google’s alleged tracking of Android phone users.
The Australian competition and privacy regulators are jointly looking into Oracle’s allegations that Android phones quietly tell Google where users are located, even if they have location services turned off, and even if there is no SIM card in the device.
Google bekräftar uppgifterna, delvis, men säger att insamlad information anonymiseras.
“Any location data that is sent back to Google location servers is anonymized and is not tied or traceable to a specific user,”
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