EU consumer groups accuse Google of privacy violations

European consumer groups on Thursday accused Google of violating online privacy rights, citing an issue in Google’s account sign-up process. They alleged that users were not told how much data would be gathered via their Google accounts upon signing up for them. 

“Google is using deceptive design, unclear language and misleading choices when consumers sign up to a Google account to encourage more extensive and invasive data processing,” according to a statement from BEUC, the European…