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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking ‘private’ internet use

Posted on June 3, 2020 by pogowasright.org

Jonathan Stempel reports:

Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode.

Read more on Reuters.

The case is Brown et al v Google LLC et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 20-03664.

h/t to Joe Cadillic for sending this along.

 

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