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Privacy Debated in Fight Over Google Chrome Browser History Tracking

Posted on February 24, 2021 by pogowasright.org

Matthew Renda reports:

A federal judge chastised lawyers representing Google for splitting hairs during a hearing Thursday over whether the company is illegally collecting private information from users of the Chrome internet browser.

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh said she was “disturbed” by Google’s rationale when discussing how the company’s privacy policy relates to its policy of collecting information regarding the internet browsing habits of Chrome users.

“I’m actually more disturbed by Google’s answer,” Koh said at one point. “I think slicing the baloney that thin is disturbing.”

Read more on Courthouse News.

via Joe Cadillic

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1 thought on “Privacy Debated in Fight Over Google Chrome Browser History Tracking”

  1. Alice says:
    February 26, 2021 at 2:28 am

    Yeah, we need to protect our privacy, expecial using the google browser.

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