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Google has to face a class action lawsuit over Chrome’s data collection (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"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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[-] xep@fedia.io 48 points 2 months ago

Can we do this for everything that collects data without user consent?

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

If they win there then that'll help with other cases, I think

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 22 points 2 months ago

reasonable user reading

🤡 legal construction to justify enslaving peasants with idiotic contract terms

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

So, it'll cost them an hour's worth of revenue in fines.

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Wow I'm so suprised I thought i could trust google with all my private data.

this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2024

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