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  1. August 22, 2016

    Hundreds Of Gmail Users Can't Join To Bring Privacy Claims

    A California federal judge on Friday told 879 college students, faculty and staff accusing Google Inc. of scanning their emails for unlawful advertising purposes that they must file separate lawsuits against the tech giant, saying that a mass joinder would be unfair since the question of consent is "intensely individualized."

  2. July 21, 2016

    Google Says Spokeo Shuts Down Student Email Privacy Suit

    The more than 700 university students, faculty and staff accusing Google Inc. of scanning their emails for targeted advertising have no case because claims of mere privacy violations without a consequential harm is not enough to sue under the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo decision, the tech giant told a California federal judge Wednesday.

  3. July 07, 2016

    Students, Staff Say Google Can't Sever Gmail-Scanning Suits

    More than 700 university students, faculty and staff accusing Google Inc. of scanning their emails for unlawful advertising purposes urged a California federal judge to allow them to unite their cases in a joinder, saying that although they were denied class certification, their cases involve many similarities.

  4. June 27, 2016

    Google Can't Break Up College Email Suits, Watchdog Says

    A consumer group filed an amicus brief in California federal court on Friday arguing that hundreds of individuals who claim that Google Inc. read their email while they were in college should be allowed to join forces against the tech giant instead of pursuing their claims in individual suits.

  5. May 23, 2016

    Judge Going To Facebook Recuses Self In Google Email Suit

    A California federal judge slated to become Facebook's general counsel next month said Monday he'll comply with a request to recuse himself from a suit brought against Google accusing the company of scanning emails, saying he sought to avoid even the appearance of partiality.

  6. May 19, 2016

    Google Aims To Toss Students From Email Scanning Suit

    Google Inc. on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to dismiss claims by more than 700 plaintiffs in a suit accusing Google of scanning college students' emails for unlawful advertising purposes, saying they were trying to "get a second bite at the class certification apple."

  7. May 18, 2016

    Students Want Judge With Facebook Gig Off Google Case

    College students suing Google for allegedly scanning their emails for unlawful advertising purposes asked a magistrate judge on Tuesday to consider recusing himself from the case, saying his impending job as Facebook's general counsel casts doubt on his ability to be impartial.

  8. April 28, 2016

    Google Seeks To Break Up College Email Scanning Case

    Google argued Tuesday that college students and others improperly banded together in a suit to accuse the company of unlawfully scanning their emails for advertising purposes and proposed that a California federal court dismiss almost the entire case and require hundreds of plaintiffs to pursue individual actions.

  9. March 17, 2016

    Google Targeted By 710 Users Over College Email Scanning

    A group of college students on Wednesday significantly beefed up their complaint in California federal court accusing Google of unlawfully scanning their emails for advertising purposes, adding hundreds of new named plaintiffs who attended schools across the country and were purportedly told that Google wouldn't monitor their emails.

  10. February 03, 2016

    Students Seize New Tactic In Latest Google Privacy Suit

    A group of college students last week accused Google of scanning their emails for advertising purposes, but unlike similar classwide privacy efforts that have been routinely stymied, this action could offer a new strategy by focusing specifically on users who were told their emails would not be monitored.

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