The Commission confirmed receipt of the complaint, saying it would assess it under the standard procedures. 'Google says they're strengthening 'privacy' for end users but they're not, what they're really proposing is a creepy data mining party,' MOW lawyer Tim Cowen said in a statement. The Movement for an Open Web (MOW) said the proposal would give Google the power to decide what data can be shared on the web and with whom. Google said a year ago that it would ban some cookies in its Chrome browser to increase user privacy and offer the Privacy Sandbox as an alternative. The grievance could boost the European Commission's investigation opened in June into Alphabet unit Google's Privacy Sandbox which the company said could allow businesses to target clusters of consumers without identifying individuals. Sync is only enabled if you choose,” the Google Chrome privacy policy page reads.BRUSSELS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Google's (GOOGL.O) plan to block a popular web tracking tool called 'cookies' is anti-competitive, a group of advertisers, publishers and tech companies said in a complaint to EU antitrust regulators. “On desktop versions of Chrome, signing into or out of any Google web service (e.g. Sign-in by itself does NOT do that,” the tweets read. Sync uploads your browsing history to Google so you can access it across devices. If you want to turn on Sync, it’s an additional step after you’re signed in. Plus, you now only need to sign out in one place before you share your computer with someone else. “The new UI clearly reminds you whenever you’re logged in to a Google account. In the past, people would sometimes sign out of the content area and think that meant they were no longer signed into Chrome, which could cause problems on a shared device. My teammates made this change to prevent surprises in a shared device scenario. “In the new version of Chrome: when you sign in or out of a Google website, Chrome UI shows your sign-in status in the top right corner. In a series of tweets, Google’s engineer and manager for Chrome has explained the feature won’t sync the data. Search for “Identity consistency between browser and cookie jar” and disable it.Open Chrome browser, access the flags menu.People working at Google have apparently explained that the feature is not a big deal for your privacy but if you don’t like the ‘feature’, then you can disable it from flags menu. According to Google employees, the feature is not supposed to disrespect the users’ privacy and it was designed to help users avoid complications when your friend or family member is logged into the browser with their own Google account.

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