After those who accused Google of illegally collecting their personal information, after not synchronizing their Google Chrome browsers with their Google accounts, an American judge ruled by an American judge.
In a judgment on Monday, US District Judge Yavon agreed with Gonzalez Rogers in Okland, California Google That it was appropriate to address the case-by-case. Chrome Users understood and agreed to their data collection policies.
Rogers wrote, “Google’s inherent consent will overwhelm the claims of damage to all reasons for action related to defense.”
He rejected the action of the proposed damage class with prejudice, which means that it could not be brought back again. The judge also said that Chrome users cannot seek policy change as a group.
Plainy’s lawyer David Street refused to comment on Tuesday. Sandy Knight, vice president of litigation in Google, said in a statement that the company appreciated the decision, and the Chrome Sink “clear privacy control.”
Class action is potentially looking for more and more recovery to the plaintiff at a lower cost compared to personal cases.
The decision said after a verdict last August by the Federal Appellates Court in San Francisco, which said that Rogers should consider whether proper chrome users had allowed Google to collect their data when the proper Chrome users had done Google online.
Chrome users pointed to chrome’s privacy notice, stating that they “need to provide any personal information to use Chrome” and Google would not collect such information until they turn on the “sink” function.
Rogers dismissed the case in December 2022. He said that she oversees two other privacy cases against Mountain View, California -based Google, but claims are “significantly” claims in cases.
The appeal court’s decision followed Google’s 2023 agreement to destroy billions of records to settle a lawsuit, claiming that it tracks people who thought they were privately browse, including Chrome’s “secret” modes.
The case is Calhoun et U V Google LLC, 9th US Circuit Court of appeals, number 22-16993.
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