March 28, 2025
A California federal judge Friday doubted consumers' bid to certify a class of Chrome users in a revived lawsuit accusing Google of surreptitiously collecting their data while also observing that the case raises "classic" trial questions and asking how else Americans could "tell corporations what they believe to be offensive?"
August 20, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Google of surreptitiously collecting Chrome users' data, finding that the lower court had relied on the incorrect standard in determining whether a "reasonable" consumer would think they had consented to the disputed practice.
July 19, 2024
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared receptive Friday to reversing Google's summary judgment win in Chrome users' proposed privacy class action, telling Google's counsel that the standard is what a reasonable consumer would expect and "you have a much higher opinion of the average intelligence of the computer user than I."
December 13, 2022
A California federal judge dismissed a Chrome users' proposed class action alleging Google collected their personal data without permission, ruling Monday that the tech giant adequately disclosed the collection of the data in question and the users consented to it.
August 26, 2022
A California federal judge appeared skeptical Friday of Google's bid for a summary judgment win in Chrome users' proposed class action alleging the tech giant collected their personal data without permission, asking Google's counsel repeatedly how its data collection disclosures were adequate "as a matter of law."