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November 10, 2021
Google Can Arbitrate Phone Users' Data-Harvesting Claims
Google has managed to force into arbitration claims that it illegally harvested third-party app data from Android users in order to gain an edge in the marketplace, according to documents filed in California federal court.
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May 25, 2021
Google Must Face Deception Claim In Data-Harvesting Row
A California federal judge permanently axed several claims Tuesday from an Android smartphone user's proposed class action accusing Google of illegally harvesting third-party app data to gain a competitive advantage, while finding that Google's alleged failure to disclose the practices was enough to allow a state law deception claim to move forward.
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February 03, 2021
Google's Consent Defense Can't Ax Data Privacy Suit Outright
A California magistrate judge has trimmed claims from an Android smartphone user's proposed class action alleging Google illegally harvests third-party app data to gain an advantage over rivals like TikTok, but she rejected Google's argument that users clearly agreed to the data collection by accepting its privacy policy.
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January 19, 2021
Android Users Slam Google's 'All Or Nothing' Privacy Stance
A proposed class of Android smartphone users urged a California magistrate judge Tuesday to keep alive claims that Google illegally harvests data to gain an advantage over rivals like TikTok, with the users arguing that Google's "broad" data-collections disclosures are insufficient, and "consent is not an all or nothing proposition."
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October 01, 2020
Google Says Android User OK'd Data Sharing And Can't Sue
Google has urged a California magistrate judge to toss a proposed class action alleging it monitors Android smartphone users without their knowledge and harvests their data to gain an advantage over rivals like TikTok, arguing users have agreed to share their data and haven't been harmed.
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August 06, 2020
Android Users Accuse Google Of Spying To Build Next TikTok
Google LLC is monitoring Android smartphone users without their knowledge and harvesting their data, which the search giant intends to use to create a competitor to the short-form video app TikTok, according to a putative privacy class action filed in California federal court Wednesday.