A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.
The planned revisions would enable Google to bundle the personal information gathered by its Internet search engine and other services so the company can gain a better understanding of its users and potentially sell more advertising.
But the Electronic Privacy Information Center says Google’s policy switch will violate restrictions imposed in an agreement reached with the FTC last year.
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