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Daily Dashboard | Removal of Privacy Feature Criticized; UK High Court To Rule on Google Case Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has criticized Google’s removal of a privacy feature in a new Android 4.4.2 update, Computerworld UK reports. App Ops was a feature that gave users granular control over app permissions—a feature that privacy groups have long advocated for, the report states. The EFF’s Peter Eckersley said the app’s removal is “alarming news.” He also said he was told by Google that the feature was not yet supposed to be released as it could break some apps. Meanwhile, representatives of Google are expected to argue in the UK’s High Court that a case against the company for ignoring Safari users’ requests to not have cookies placed on their devices should be dropped. A Google spokesman said, “We’re asking the court to reexamine whether this case meets the standards required in the UK for a case such as this to go to trial.”
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