Google has to face a class action lawsuit over Chrome’s data collection
(www.theverge.com)
from gytrash@feddit.uk to privacy@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 11:47
https://feddit.uk/post/16483931
from gytrash@feddit.uk to privacy@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 11:47
https://feddit.uk/post/16483931
"Google will have to face a class action lawsuit that accuses it of collecting users’ data through Chrome without their consent. In a decision on Tuesday, a federal appeals court reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the case, saying the lower court should’ve reviewed Google’s disclosures and determined “whether a reasonable user reading them would think that he or she was consenting to the data collection.”…
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Wow I’m so suprised I thought i could trust google with all my private data.
Can we do this for everything that collects data without user consent?
If they win there then that’ll help with other cases, I think
🤡 legal construction to justify enslaving peasants with idiotic contract terms
So, it’ll cost them an hour’s worth of revenue in fines.