Google Privacy Lawsuit

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  Google Settles Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million

  Google has agreed to pay $68 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that its voice-activated Google Assistant improperly listened to smartphone users and violated their privacy. The proposed class‑action settlement, filed in federal court in San Jose, awaits approval from US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman. Plaintiffs claimed Google secretly ca...

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  Google Must Pay $425 Million In Class Action Over Privacy, Rules Court

  A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit that accused it of continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

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  Google Fined $314 Million For Misusing Android Users' Phone Data

  Google was told by a California jury to pay $314 million over claims that it illegally used Android users' cellular data to collect information without their knowledge.

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  Judge Rejects Class Action for Google Privacy Lawsuit

  People who accused Google of illegally collecting their personal information cannot sue the Alphabet unit as a group in a class action, a US judge ruled. "Inquiries relating to Google's implied consent defense will overwhelm the damages claims for all causes of action," Rogers wrote.

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  Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?

  Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.

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  Google Agrees to Delete Incognito Mode Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

  Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

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  Google To Delete Incognito Mode Search Data Over $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit

  Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.

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  Google To Destroy Billions Of Browsing Data To Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

  Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

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  Google Settles $5 Billion Lawsuit Alleging Chrome's 'Incognito' Mode Tracks Users

  Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked the data of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.

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  Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Covering Millions Of Users

  Alphabet's Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately.

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  Google Fitbit Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Violation of EU's General Data Protection Regulation Privacy Regime

  Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tracking company of violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regime.

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  Google, YouTube Said to Face Lawsuit in US for Violating Privacy of Children Under Age 13

  A US appeals court on Wednesday has said to have revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet's Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental consent, in order to send them targeted advertising.

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  Google Defeats Lawsuit Over Privacy Practices Involving Chrome Browser

  Google defeated a lawsuit filed in a US court on Monday, that accused the company of collecting data of users who had opted out of sharing web activity on the browser. The lawsuit had alleged that Google tracked IP addresses and browsing history, even if users did not have a Google account, or if they had chosen not to synchronise their Google acco...

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  Google Agrees To Pay $392 Million To 40 US States In Landmark Privacy Case

  Google on Monday agreed to settle a landmark privacy case with 40 US states over accusations that the search engine giant misled users into believing location tracking had been switched off on their devices.

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  Google Incognito Mode Not Really Private, Collects User Data, Says Texas Lawsuit

  Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a "private browsing" mode, says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet unit.