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Report: La Liga Fined for App Improperly Using Phone Mics to Surveil Fans

Related Topics: El País, La Liga, phone

La Liga have reportedly been fined €250,000 (£222,664) for using their official app to spy on fans.

According to El Pais (h/t Spanish football writer Rik Sharma), the Spanish league did not inform users they were using the microphones in their phones to identify venues that were illegally showing La Liga matches:

Rik Sharma

La Liga fined for not informing users of their app that they were utilising their phone microphones to find bars illegally screening games https://t.co/ztsY43EUuA

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.