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Google’s $8.5 million Buzz settlement a go

Posted on November 2, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Cade Metz reports:

Google announced that it has received preliminary approval for its $8.5 million settlement of a class action brought against Google Buzz, the Gmail add-on that tried to turn the company’s online email service into a social networking tool.

[…]

Google also took the unusual step of contacting all Gmail users via email. “Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year,” the email read. “Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.”

Ordinary users cannot receive compensation from the class action.

Read more in The Register.

Related: www.buzzclassaction.com
Related: Google’s $8.5M Buzz Settlement Moves Forward (MediaPost)

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