Austria orders YouTube to give users access to their data

News Source : Digital Journal
News Summary
- In 2019, Austria-based privacy campaign group Noyb (None of Your Business) lodged complaints against eight online streaming services, including YouTube and Netflix.
- The complaint against YouTube was filed on behalf of an Austrian user with the country’s Data Protection Authority.
- Google, which owns YouTube, “now has four weeks to comply with the decision but also has the option appeal it”, the NGO said in a statement Friday.
- Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP.
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