Earlier today, March 16, Dauntless filed a formal complaint against Google with the lead Full general Information Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcer in Europe.

In a February Cointelegraph interview, Dr. Johnny Ryan, Dauntless's chief policy and manufacture relations officer, explained that Google is abusing its power past sharing user information nerveless by dozens of its distinct services, creating a "complimentary for all" data warehouse. Co-ordinate to Ryan, this was a articulate violation of the GDPR.

Aggravated with the state of affairs and the lack of enforcement against the behemothic, Ryan promised to take Google to court if things don't alter for the better.

Complaint against Google

Now, the complaint is with the Irish gaelic Data Protection Commission. It accuses Google of violating Article 5(one)b of the GDPR. Dublin is Google's European headquarters and, as Dr. Ryan explained to Cointelegraph, the Commission "is responsible for regulating Google's information protection across the European Economic Area".

Commodity 5(1)b of the GDPR requires that data exist "collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and non further candy in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes". According to Dr. Ryan:

"Enforcement of Brave'due south GDPR 'purpose limitation' complaint against Google would exist tantamount to a functional separation, giving everyone the power to decide what parts of Google they chose to advantage with their data."

Google is a "blackness box"

Dr. Ryan has spent vi months trying to arm-twist a response from Google to a basic question: "What do you do with my information?" to no avail.

Alongside the complaint, Brave released a study called "Inside the Black Box", that:

"Examines a diverse ready of documents written for Google'due south business clients, technology partners, developers, lawmakers, and users. It reveals that Google collects personal data from integrations with websites, apps, and operating systems, for hundreds ill-defined processing purposes."

Brave does not need regulators to compete with Google

Cointelegraph asked Dr. Ryan how Google's treatment of user information frustrates Brave every bit a competitor, to which  Dr. Ryan replied:

"The question is not relevant. Brave does not —  as far as I am enlightened — take straight frustrations with Google. Dauntless is growing nicely by being a peculiarly fast, splendid, and private browser. (It doesn't need regulators to help it grow.)"

A recent privacy report indicated that Brave protects user privacy much better than Google Chrome or any other major browser.

In addition to filing a formal complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission, Brave has reportedly written to the European Commission, German language Bundeskartellamt, UK Competition & Markets Authority, and French Autorité de la concurrence.

If none of these regulatory bodies take action against Google, Brave has suggested that information technology may have the regulator to court..