November 06, 2023
Google users are pushing back against an objector's bid to block them from appealing to the Third Circuit the denial of a $5.5 million settlement to end long-running litigation alleging the tech giant bypassed internet browser privacy settings to track user communications, telling a Delaware federal court that allowing the appeal would "benefit" all class members.
August 25, 2023
A new judge will preside over decade-old litigation alleging Google bypassed internet browser privacy settings to track user communications — a reassignment that comes after a Delaware federal judge refused to approve a $5.5 million settlement to end the multidistrict litigation.
July 10, 2023
A Delaware federal judge refused Monday to approve Google's $5.5 million deal to resolve decade-old allegations that the company bypassed internet browser privacy settings to spy on communications, finding that the cy-pres fund settlement, which releases monetary claims but doesn't pay individual class members, doesn't satisfy the appropriate class-certification requirements.
January 03, 2020
A group of Google users urged a Delaware federal judge Friday to greenlight a revised $5.5 million deal to resolve multidistrict litigation over the tech giant's alleged practice of bypassing internet browser privacy settings to spy on users' communications, after the Third Circuit scrapped the original settlement.
February 02, 2017
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday put the final stamp of approval on a deal that sees Google pay $5.5 million to resolve multidistrict litigation over its alleged practice of bypassing internet browser privacy settings to spy on users' communications and track usage.
August 29, 2016
Google will pay $5.5 million to resolve multidistrict litigation over its alleged practice of bypassing internet browser privacy settings to spy on users' communications and track usage, according to documents filed Monday in Delaware federal court.
June 21, 2016
Google has reached a deal with consumers in multidistrict litigation alleging the search giant hacks its way around web browsers to spy on communications that it's not party to and collect information that users think is protected, according to a document filed this week in Delaware federal court.
October 15, 2013
Google Inc. last week escaped multidistrict litigation accusing it of bypassing Apple Inc.'s Safari browser privacy settings to illegally track consumers' Internet activity, a decision that attorneys say further establishes courts' unwillingness to reinterpret outdated privacy laws to cover new uses of personal data.
October 09, 2013
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday tossed a sprawling class action alleging Google Inc. and other online advertisers bypassed Apple Inc.'s Safari browser privacy settings to illegally track consumers' Internet activity.
September 24, 2013
PointRoll Inc. has reached a settlement to exit a sprawling class action alleging it and other online advertisers, including Google Inc., bypassed Apple Inc.'s Safari browser privacy settings to track consumers' Internet activity, according to court documents filed Monday in Delaware.