In Re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation

  1. May 29, 2013

    Google, Advertisers Can't Duck Privacy Claims, Users Say

    The plaintiffs in Delaware multidistrict litigation alleging two online advertisers joined Google Inc. in a scheme to bypass Apple Inc.'s Safari browser privacy settings pushed back against dismissal bids Wednesday, arguing they had sufficiently pled violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

  2. May 02, 2013

    Online Ad Cos. Call Cookies 'Harmless' In Google Privacy MDL

    Two online advertising companies moved Wednesday to dismiss a Delaware multidistrict litigation alleging they joined Google Inc. in a scheme to bypass Apple Inc.'s Safari browser privacy settings, arguing that tracking cookies are both harmless and beneficial to Web functionality.

  3. April 29, 2013

    Google Says Alleged Cookie Tracking Gathered No New Info

    Google Inc. on Friday moved to dismiss a Delaware multidistrict litigation claiming it deceptively planted tracking cookies on Apple Inc.'s Safari browser, saying the plaintiffs can't show injury because the harvested data would have been sent to Google either way.

  4. January 23, 2013

    Google Moves To Boot Safari Secret Tracking MDL

    Google Inc. told a Delaware federal judge Tuesday that a multidistrict litigation accusing it of deceptively placing tracking cookies on Apple Inc.'s Safari browser should be dismissed because the plaintiffs were not harmed by the practice and therefore lacked standing.