A series of complaints brought under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), filed by an Austrian privacy activist, accuse eight major streaming companies of failing to comply with European Union law.
GDPR, which went into effect last year, created a set of strict privacy rules around when data can be gathered and shared. Already, tech giants like Google and Facebook have faced questions about whether some of their practices align with the law.
The latest challenges have been filed by the privacy group noyb, led by activist Max Schrems. Under GDPR, consumers are allowed to request data that companies hold on them. As a test, noyb says it asked eight major streaming media...
