European nonprofit filed complaint over Google sending unsolicited advertising emails – CNET

European non-profit data privacy advocacy group about Google, saying that sending advertising emails without consent in “Gmail” violates the decision of the European Court of JusticepetitiondidReutersreported on August 24, local time.

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Noyb (None Of Your Business), which made this allegation, said in a complaint filed with the French data protection authority “National Commission for Information Processing and Freedom” (CNIL) that Google did not give its advertising prior consent. It claims to be sending to Gmail users. noyb said these emails should be considered direct marketing emails and require user consent.Decisions of the European Court of Justice in 2021is said to have violated

Gmail has a spam folder, but these advertising emails are sent directly to users’ inboxes, noyb said. Noyb’s view is that unsolicited advertising emails are spam, regardless of the source.

Noyb’s general counsel, Romain Robert, said: “It’s really simple. Spam is commercial email sent without your consent, which is illegal. Just because it’s made by an email provider[Google]doesn’t make it legal.”