When Users Say No: 3 Things to Know in the Google Lawsuit for Location Snooping
On the heels of a controversial AP report, Google was hit with a lawsuit alleging the company illegally tracked user locations after users altered their privacy settings to do otherwise.
August 20, 2018 at 05:50 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
The bastion in big tech is being accused of big-brother like behavior, and the accusers are using the law to get the message across loud and clear.
A class action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Aug. 17 alleges that Google's collection of location data “against the express wishes and expectations of its users” violates state privacy laws. Users expressed their wish in the form of privacy settings on their Android and Apple devices, specifically by turning their location data off.
The lawsuit, filed by attorneys from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Carney Bates & Pulliam, comes on the heels of a controversial report from The Associated Press that brought allegations of Google's actions to light. Here are three things from the lawsuit to know for the litigation ahead:
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