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  1. August 29, 2025

    Google Fights Gemini AI Query As App Privacy Trial Wraps

    A multibillion-dollar trial over claims that Google illegally collected app data from 98 million consumers grew contentious Friday when the plaintiff's lawyer asked the tech giant's expert if he considered using Google's AI tool to see if data Google says is scrubbed of personal information could be re-identified.

  2. August 27, 2025

    Google Expert Says Its Disclosures Avoid 'Cognitive Overload'

    Google's user-interface expert witness testified Wednesday in a multibillion-dollar data privacy case that Google's decision not to tell users up front that it collected some information despite an activated privacy switch was "good UI design" that protected users from "cognitive overload."

  3. August 26, 2025

    Google Exec. Disputes '30 Stories' Of Data Claim At Trial

    A Google executive testifying Tuesday in a multibillion-dollar privacy case alleging the company illegally collected app data from 98 million consumers took issue with claims that the data at issue for just the lead plaintiffs would reach 30 stories high if printed out, while acknowledging that Google collects "considerable" data.

  4. August 25, 2025

    'Bring Him In': Judge Blasts Google Atty Over Witness Travel

    The California federal judge overseeing a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users chastised an attorney for the tech giant for allowing a Google employee on the witness list to leave on a trip, ordering the lawyer to "get him on an airplane" and "bring him in."

  5. August 21, 2025

    Google Got App Data Profits After Pledging Privacy, Jury Told

    A computer scientist testifying in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google LLC illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users who had opted out of tracking told a California federal jury Thursday that the tech giant stores information about their app use in a "shadow account" and uses it to sell ads.

  6. August 20, 2025

    Google Duped App Users With 'Fake' Privacy Button, Jury Told

    A lead plaintiff in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected data from 98 million cell phone users told a California federal jury Wednesday that the tech giant is "misleading" consumers with a "fake button" purporting to allow users to opt out of tracking.

  7. August 19, 2025

    Google Should Pay Billions To App Users For Data, Jury Told

    Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity.

  8. January 08, 2025

    Google Still Has To Face Users' Mobile App Privacy Suit

    Google is facing the prospect of another trial, this time over allegations it secretly tracked millions of Google app users' browsing and ad interactions, after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's bid for summary judgment.

  9. January 04, 2024

    Google Users Nab Class Cert. In Mobile App Privacy Row

    A California federal court has granted class certification to millions of mobile app users in a suit accusing Google of secretly tracking their browsing activity, rejecting the tech giant's argument that the plaintiffs' privacy intrusion claims are "inherently personal" and inappropriate for class treatment.

  10. October 05, 2023

    Google Mobile App Privacy Case Close To Class Cert.

    A California federal judge said he was inclined to grant class certification in a suit alleging Google monitored mobile app users' browsing history in secret, saying it appeared to him that common issues between the two proposed classes predominate in the case.