Amnesty supports Dutch lawsuit against illegal tracking in Apps by AppLovin
Amnesty International is backing a lawsuit against AppLovin for allegedly unlawfully tracking Dutch users through mobile apps. The lawsuit claims that AppLovin collects personal data from millions, including children, without proper consent. This case aims to protect fundamental rights such as privacy and autonomy in the digital age.
- ▪The Privacy Collective has filed a class action lawsuit against AppLovin on behalf of Dutch internet users.
- ▪The lawsuit alleges that AppLovin collects and trades personal data from millions of users, including children.
- ▪Amnesty International emphasizes the need to protect fundamental rights like privacy and autonomy from the digital advertising industry.
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Amnesty International supports a class action lawsuit filed today by The Privacy Collective on behalf of Dutch internet users against the American tech company AppLovin. The case focuses on the alleged unlawful collection and trading of personal data of millions of Dutch people via tracking software in popular mobile games and apps. This is what’s happening Through software built into countless popular games and apps, AppLovin is collecting personal data from millions of Dutch users, including one and a half million children. “Because children are now tracked at an increasingly young age, it makes them uniquely vulnerable to economic exploitation. This lawsuit has a clear goal, namely to protect and strengthen fundamental rights such as privacy, autonomy and human dignity.
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