Alphabet Hit With Austrian Privacy Complaint Over Alleged Browser Tracking

Alphabet Hit With Austrian Privacy Complaint Over Alleged Browser Tracking
The Google logo in Las Vegas in a file image. Steve Marcus/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Alphabet’s Google was hit with a complaint by Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Thursday for allegedly tracking users of its Chrome Web browser, an issue already on EU antitrust regulators’ radar.

The U.S. tech giant is phasing out the use of third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers in order to protect consumer privacy.