(38.07) New information law in Europe, Facebook - Complaint against Google
Complaints have been filed against technology companies Facebook, Google, Instagram, and WhatsApp within a few hours of the introduction of new legislation to protect the information of customers across Europe.
It has been alleged in the allegation that the companies are accepting the consent of the customers through the advertisement for compelling service.
The website noyb.eu, working on data protection, Max Shrams said people are not given the ability to freely choose.
This new law, called the General Information Protection Act (GDPR) implemented in the European Union (EU), has been used to describe how to collect and use personal information. Organizations outside the European Union must also follow this law if they offer any service.
Noyb.eu says that through the adoption of 'Take or Leave It' policy, the above organizations broke the GDPR laws.
More groups working on data protection say that customers are forced to agree on the collection, sharing and use of personal information. This will not be possible because of the new law. These are forbidden in GDP.
Max Shrems said, "Many users do not yet know that forced compulsions of people are banned under GDP."
Four citizens of Austria, Belgium, France and Germany have made allegations against Facebook, Google, to local authorities.
According to the BBC, after the new law, some European companies have temporarily stopped their services in Europe.
But among others, Twitter has introduced a new rule so people can avoid advertising.
The institutions that break the GDP Act may be fined up to 17 million British pounds (more than 191.22 million taka).
Facebook said in a statement that they have been prepared for 18 months to comply with the GDP Act.
The BBC has told the BBC, "From the very beginning, we create confidential and security measures and are committed to complying with EU's general information security regulations."