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(Bloomberg) -- Google failed to kill a lawsuit alleging that it secretly scoops up troves of internet data even if users browse in “Incognito” mode to keep their search activity private. The consumers who filed the case as a class action alleged that even when they turn off data collection in Chrome, other Google tools used by websites end up amassing their personal information. A federal judge on Friday denied the Alphabet Inc. unit’s initial...

Google Is Paying for More Information in a Break With Its Past Bloomberg 3/1/2021 Nico Grant (Bloomberg) -- Google is under growing pressure to pay for information that, for two decades, the search provider snipped from the web -- and made a mint from -- without paying a penny. Popular Searches Australian and French efforts to force Google to compensate news publishers are only the latest examples of a trend spanning the globe. Canada is considering a similar requirement and rival Microsoft Corp. has urged the U.S. to pass a comparable law. “If Australia is successful, it ...

Google Sought FAA Approval to Test Drones for Firefighting Bloomberg 2/4/2021 Nico Grant © Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi The Google Inc. logo hangs illuminated over the company's exhibition stand at the Dmexco digital marketing conference in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. (Bloomberg) -- Google asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test drones to research how the technology can help monitor and control fires, before abandoning the effort. Popular Searches The Alphabet Inc. company’s climate and energy research group said it pla...

Alphabet Union Alleges Contract Workers Were Silenced About Pay This content was published on February 4, 2021 - 20:04 February 4, 2021 - 20:04 (Bloomberg) -- Google contract workers were banned from discussing their pay, and one was suspended for her labor activism, according to a complaint from the Alphabet Workers Union. In a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board, the union accused the Google vendor Adecco of violating U.S. labor law by trying to silence employees. Management forbid employees at a data center in South Carolina from discussing their pay, according to the c...

Google’s dominance of digital advertising technology in Australia needs to be addressed, the country’s competition watchdog said, opening up another front in its battle with the U.S. giant.