December 02, 2021
Google has asked a California federal judge to toss a proposed class action filed by Google Chrome users claiming that the tech giant collected their personal data without permission, saying it has shown that the proposed class members consented to the data collection.
October 15, 2021
Chrome browser users who are accusing Google of collecting personal data from them without permission are pressing U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to allow them to proceed as a certified class, arguing that the tech giant made nearly identical privacy promises to all proposed class members.
March 18, 2021
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh slimmed down a proposed class action accusing Google of collecting personal data from Chrome browser users without permission, finding that the plaintiffs hadn't adequately pled several unlawful interception claims while rejecting the tech giant's argument that the remaining allegations couldn't stand because users had consented to the contested data gathering.
February 18, 2021
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday appeared skeptical of Google's argument that a proposed class of Chrome browser users consented to Google's website tracking and can't proceed with their privacy claims, saying repeatedly that Google's terms of service "specifically excludes" its privacy policy.
July 28, 2020
Google has been breaking its privacy promises and collecting personal data from anyone who uses its Chrome browser, even when they haven't given their permission, according to a proposed class action that's aiming to represent hundreds of millions of Chrome users.