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Lawsuit launched against Google over privacy concerns in B.C.

Posted on October 5, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Tara Carman reports:

A Sunshine Coast man is taking Internet giant Google to court for allegedly mining and profiting from information sent to Gmail accounts from non-Gmail users.

The lawsuit, filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon, is a proposed class action that, if certified by the court, could potentially include anyone in the province who has ever sent an email to a Gmail account.

It is believed to be the first court action of its kind in Canada.

Read more on Vancouver Sun.

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