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Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., in 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (CN) — Google remains on the hook in a privacy dispute as a federal judge ruled a case involving the company tracking users despite the use of incognito mode while browsing can proceed.  U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh denied a motion to dismiss from the Silicon Valley titan late Friday, ruling that plaintiffs who believed they were safeguarding their privacy by taking a specific step were correct in feeling misled by the company.  “The court concludes that Google did not notify users that...

The landscape shifted significant in the summer of 2020 with the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the In re Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation.  That case involved Facebook’s collection of users’ search requests on third-party websites that had the Facebook Like button embedded on the website.  Facebook collected this information by having its plug-in direct users’ browsers to send duplicate “GET requests”—which contain the users’ personally-identifiable URL information—to both the third-party website and Facebook.  Plaintiff alleged that consumers were not aware that Face...

Google's bid to end a privacy class action backfired Thursday after its attorney pointed out that the Northern District of California's court website uses Google analytics to track website users — a revelation that "deeply disturbed" U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh and prompted her to order discovery on the tracking.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 On March 30, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether a damages class action, is permitted by Article III of the Constitution or Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure where the majority of the class has suffered no actual injury. Notably, this is the first time the Supreme Court will apply the rulings of  Spokeo, which held that a plaintiff “cannot satisfy the demands of Article III by alleging a bare procedural violation,” to an entire class. The Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision will have significant implications on defenses...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Google Says Consent Sinks App Users' Data Privacy Suit Law360 (December 21, 2020, 11:36 PM EST) -- Google is urging a California federal judge to toss a putative class action accusing the tech giant of secretly tracking consumers' browsing activity on third-party mobile apps, arguing that users were clearly aware of and consented to app developers sharing their information with Google.  Mobile app users represented by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP originally accused Google in July of violating the federal Wiretap Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act and other al...