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In re Google Assistant Privacy Litigation

  1. May 07, 2020

    Most Of Google Assistant Privacy Suit Nixed, For Now

    A California federal judge has nixed most of the claims from a proposed class action alleging Google Assistant software surreptitiously records consumers without consent, ruling that the consumers failed to give details to show why they should have expected privacy during the allegedly recorded conversations.

  2. April 09, 2020

    Google Can't Ditch Privacy Suit Over Recording Users

    A California federal judge said Thursday she'll likely trim some claims from a proposed class action alleging Google Assistant software surreptitiously records consumers without consent in violation of privacy laws, but she'll allow the consumers a chance to amend their complaint.

  3. February 03, 2020

    Google Says Accidentally Recording Users Is Not Illegal

    The recording of Google users who turn on the company's voice-activated assistant by accident does not breach privacy laws, the tech giant has told a California federal court, saying it was reasonable to expect such technology to be activated unintentionally at times.

  4. July 26, 2019

    Suit Accuses Google Of Recording Gadget Users' Convos

    Two Google customers filed a putative class action in California federal court Thursday, accusing the company of violating California state law by illegally recording users' conversations with the Google Assistant feature despite not activating the function.