In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation

  1. May 08, 2025

    Google To Settle Ad Bidding Privacy Suit

    Google has reached a settlement in principle that will resolve a putative privacy rights class action accusing the tech giant of selling consumers' personal information to companies that participate in its fast-paced digital ad auctions without users' knowledge or consent, according to a notice filed Thursday in California federal court.

  2. January 07, 2025

    Google Avoids Data Destruction Sanctions In Ad Privacy Suit

    A California federal judge has declined to sanction and hold Google in contempt for purportedly intentionally destroying key evidence in a putative class action claiming the company's ad auction practices violate privacy rights, saying the consumers' motion came too late after fact discovery closed.

  3. April 22, 2024

    Google Faces Sanctions Bid Over Alleged Data Destruction

    A putative class of Google account holders urged a California magistrate judge to sanction and hold Google in contempt for purportedly intentionally destroying key evidence in their suit, which claims Google's ad auction practices violate privacy rights, arguing Google has a pattern of the alleged misconduct in the district.

  4. April 04, 2024

    Google Ad Privacy Class Loses Cert. Bid, For Now

    A California federal judge Thursday refused to certify a class of potentially tens of millions of Google account holders alleging the company's ad auction practices violate privacy rights, saying that while the consumers have hit many certification requirements, the current class definition is improperly fail-safe.

  5. February 21, 2024

    Google Judge Slams Lack Of User Choice, Mulls Privacy Cert.

    A California federal judge on Wednesday appeared open to certifying a class of potentially tens of millions of Google account holders alleging Google's ad auction practices violate privacy rights, doubting that users consented to data-sharing if they couldn't opt out and telling Google's counsel, "there's no transparency and there's no choice."

  6. April 17, 2023

    Google Won't Face Discovery Sanctions In Ad Privacy Suit

    A California magistrate judge has refused to sanction Google for allegedly failing to comply with discovery orders in a putative class action over the company's sharing of personal data with ad auction participants, finding that Google hadn't "clearly disobeyed" any document production directive. 

  7. April 11, 2023

    Google Users Fight Uphill For Sanctions In Privacy Row

    A California magistrate judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of consumers' request that she sanction and hold Google in contempt on allegations the company violated discovery orders in a proposed consumer class action, acknowledging language in her orders was unclear and that "it's really hard to say, 'I ordered it, and they didn't do it.'"

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