August 27, 2025
Google's user-interface expert witness testified Wednesday in a multibillion-dollar data privacy case that Google's decision not to tell users up front that it collected some information despite an activated privacy switch was "good UI design" that protected users from "cognitive overload."
August 26, 2025
A Google executive testifying Tuesday in a multibillion-dollar privacy case alleging the company illegally collected app data from 98 million consumers took issue with claims that the data at issue for just the lead plaintiffs would reach 30 stories high if printed out, while acknowledging that Google collects "considerable" data.
August 25, 2025
The California federal judge overseeing a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users chastised an attorney for the tech giant for allowing a Google employee on the witness list to leave on a trip, ordering the lawyer to "get him on an airplane" and "bring him in."
August 21, 2025
A computer scientist testifying in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google LLC illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users who had opted out of tracking told a California federal jury Thursday that the tech giant stores information about their app use in a "shadow account" and uses it to sell ads.
August 20, 2025
A lead plaintiff in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected data from 98 million cell phone users told a California federal jury Wednesday that the tech giant is "misleading" consumers with a "fake button" purporting to allow users to opt out of tracking.
August 19, 2025
Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity.
January 08, 2025
Google is facing the prospect of another trial, this time over allegations it secretly tracked millions of Google app users' browsing and ad interactions, after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's bid for summary judgment.
January 04, 2024
A California federal court has granted class certification to millions of mobile app users in a suit accusing Google of secretly tracking their browsing activity, rejecting the tech giant's argument that the plaintiffs' privacy intrusion claims are "inherently personal" and inappropriate for class treatment.
October 05, 2023
A California federal judge said he was inclined to grant class certification in a suit alleging Google monitored mobile app users' browsing history in secret, saying it appeared to him that common issues between the two proposed classes predominate in the case.
January 25, 2022
A California federal judge on Tuesday threw out several claims from a proposed class action alleging that Google monitored mobile app users' browsing history in secret, finding that a promise to stop collecting user data does not amount to a contract.