Article can be found here https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/05/google-taken-to-uk-court-over-claims-of-improper-data-collection/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_campaign=New EandT News - Automation FINAL - MEMBER&utm_medium=Newsletters - E%26T News&utm_content=E%26T News - Members&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Feandt.theiet.org%2Fcontent%2Farticles%2F2018%2F05%2Fgoogle-taken-to-uk-court-over-claims-of-improper-data-collection%2F
“An advocacy group is taking legal action against Google on behalf of UK iPhone users, arguing that the company illegally collected data from their iPhones while they used Apple’s Safari browser.”
‘The Guardian reports that at the opening of two-day hearing in London, representatives for the group stated that data collected includes not just shopping preferences and location data, but also race, health (including mental health), political views, sexual orientation, class and financial situation.’
Even more disturbing is the fact that the data was then used to create subdivisions of users that could be used to target adds etc