US judge allows lawsuit against Google over email ads
11 years, 5 months ago

US judge allows lawsuit against Google over email ads

Firstpost  

A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers’ emails in order to place ads. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ruled that the proposed class action lawsuit against Google can proceed. Proposed class action lawsuit against Google to proceed Litigation brought by nine plaintiffs, some Gmail users, some not, was consolidated before Koh earlier this year. The plaintiffs maintain Google violated several laws, including federal anti-wiretapping statutes by systematically crossing the “creepy line” to read private email messages in order to profit, according to court documents. “Nothing in the policies suggests that Google intercepts email communication in transit between users, and in fact, the policies obscure Google’s intent to engage in such interceptions,” the judge wrote.

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Did Google give preferential treatment to white, Asian employees?
1 week, 4 days ago

Did Google give preferential treatment to white, Asian employees?

Firstpost  

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has agreed to fork over $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of racial bias. He called the settlement fair, reasonable and “a good result for the class.” Adams said the settlement came after Cantu’s lawyers agreed this month to exclude Black employees from the proposed class, which Google had sought. She …

Google must face part of US consumer lawsuit over search dominance
2 months, 1 week ago

Google must face part of US consumer lawsuit over search dominance

The Hindu  

Google has failed to persuade a judge in California to throw out a lawsuit accusing the technology giant of monopolising the online search market. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in a ruling on Thursday said consumers can proceed for now with allegations that the Alphabet unit's business practices hampered the development of high-quality rival search engines. The lawsuit …

Court rules Android privacy case against Google can go ahead
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Court rules Android privacy case against Google can go ahead

Dutch News  

Judges in Amsterdam on Wednesday gave the green light to a Dutch foundation to press ahead with legal action against Google for infringing Android phone users’ privacy. The court ruled that the foundation and its approach to the case – which involves a litigation funder – is admissible and that it can proceed with the action on behalf of Dutch …

Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

The Hindu  

Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. In a 20-page decision on Tuesday, Seeborg said reasonable users could view Google's conduct as "highly offensive," because the company collected …

Google may face lawsuit for collecting data from Android smartphones even after users denied consent
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Google may face lawsuit for collecting data from Android smartphones even after users denied consent

India Today  

Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. In a 20-page decision on Tuesday, Seeborg said reasonable users could view Google's conduct as "highly offensive," because the company collected …

An ‘industry behemoth.’ Inside the federal government’s efforts to break up Google
2 months, 3 weeks ago

An ‘industry behemoth.’ Inside the federal government’s efforts to break up Google

LA Times  

In its early days, the quirky tech startup known as Google adopted a visionary corporate credo: “Don’t be evil.” That later evolved into the motto: “Do the right thing,” reflecting the idealistic ambitions of the company’s founders that its technology could be a force for good. But more than two decades later, Google is confronting a starkly different view of …

Supreme Court allows investors' class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows investors' class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court is allowing …

Google 'rigged the rules' and illegally dominated online advertising market, says US Justice Department
4 months ago

Google 'rigged the rules' and illegally dominated online advertising market, says US Justice Department

ABC  

The US Justice Department told a federal judge that Google illegally dominated online advertising technology, in seeking a second antitrust win against the company. "Google rigged the rules of the road," said DOJ lawyer Aaron Teitelbaum, who asked the judge to hold Google accountable for anti-competitive conduct and added Google is "once, twice, three times a monopolist." In a separate …

US Justice Department asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome internet browser
4 months, 1 week ago

US Justice Department asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome internet browser

ABC  

The US Department of Justice has asked a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser to restore competition in the online search market it dominates. Prosecutors argued to the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolised the search market, that it should take a broad range of other corrective actions, including sharing data …

Google could be forced to sell off Chrome by U.S. DOJ: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

Google could be forced to sell off Chrome by U.S. DOJ: Report

The Hindu  

The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will also ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone …

US government will ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome division
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4 months, 1 week ago

US government will ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome division

India Today  

The US Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google, opens new tab to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will also ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolised the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and …

US mulls Google break-up after landmark monopoly case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US mulls Google break-up after landmark monopoly case

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Google currently processes 90 per cent of internet searches in the US, which led to a landmark …

Judge rules the FTC can proceed with antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, tosses out few state claims
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge rules the FTC can proceed with antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, tosses out few state claims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are pleased with the …

Google emails show unease over advertising dominance
6 months, 1 week ago

Google emails show unease over advertising dominance

Live Mint  

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Trial proceedings in the U.S. government’s antitrust case against Google’s advertising business have provided a rare window into internal company anxieties about its central role in the buying and selling of ad space online. Witnesses so far included YouTube Chief Executive Neal Mohan, who previously ran Google’s display-ads business and faced heat on the witness stand for an email …

Google is back in court — this time over its digital advertising technology
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Google is back in court — this time over its digital advertising technology

NPR  

Google is back in court — this time over its digital advertising technology The Department of Justice says Google is monopolizing digital advertising technology, which website publishers depend on to buy and sell ads. A lawsuit accuses Google of monopolizing digital advertising, technology that website publishers depend on to buy and sell ads. A win for the Justice Department would …

US takes on Google in blockbuster antitrust trial to determine if tech firm holds unfair monopoly in online advertising
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US takes on Google in blockbuster antitrust trial to determine if tech firm holds unfair monopoly in online advertising

Daily Mail  

Google is back in court to answer accusations that it has cultivated an illegal monopoly on the lucrative digital ad market, marking the second attempt by the US government to possibly break up one of the most profitable companies in the world. The new antitrust case is being brought in the Eastern District of Virginia by the US Department of …

Google returns to court to face online advertising monopoly claims
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Google returns to court to face online advertising monopoly claims

LA Times  

A new lawsuit alleges Google’s dominance of online advertising goes too far. The antitrust case sets the stage for a potential breakup of Google’s advertising and search businesses or an unwinding of acquisitions that have been pivotal to the tech giant’s growth, legal experts say. Filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and a group of states, the lawsuit also …

U.S. appeals court revives Google privacy class action over Chrome data collection
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. appeals court revives Google privacy class action over Chrome data collection

The Hindu  

A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronise their browsers with their Google accounts. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lower court judge who dismissed the proposed class action should have assessed whether reasonable …

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, US judge rules
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, US judge rules

Al Jazeera  

The case depicted Google as a technological bully that methodically thwarted competition to protect its search engine. Google’s search engine processes an estimated 8.5 billion queries every day worldwide, nearly double its daily volume from 12 years ago, according to a recent study by investment firm BOND. Google’s global affairs president, Kent Walker, said the company would appeal the ruling, …

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge

LA Times  

In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches. “As this process continues, we will remain focused on making products that people find helpful and easy to use.” Regulators alleged that Google maintained a monopoly on web searches by reaching agreements with …

Google loses bid to end US antitrust case over digital advertising
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses bid to end US antitrust case over digital advertising

Live Mint  

By Jody Godoy - Alphabet's Google must face trial on U.S. antitrust enforcers' claim that the internet search juggernaut illegally dominates the online advertising technology market, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, denied Google's motion during a hearing, according to court records. Google had argued for a win without a trial, saying …

Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was a defeat for the Justice Department, which sought a jury trial when it filed the case last year in federal court in …

Google seeks non-jury trial in US ad tech lawsuit, filing says
10 months, 1 week ago

Google seeks non-jury trial in US ad tech lawsuit, filing says

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google in a court filing on Thursday is seeking a non-jury trial in the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit accusing the advertising and search giant of anticompetitive practices in the online advertising marketplace. Google said the Justice Department's request for a jury trial breaks "with all historical precedent" and noted the department itself has said the technical nature might be …

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that …

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Associated Press  

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that it’s unprecedented for a jury to decide a federal antitrust case brought by the government. The right to a jury trial, based …

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices. The lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, …

Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trial
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trial

Hindustan Times  

The U.S. government will lay out its antitrust case against Alphabet's Google on Friday in a second day of closing arguments focused on accusations that the online search leader broke the law to stay on top in search advertising. The largest US antitrust trial since regulators went after Microsoft a quarter century ago is set to resume with government and …

Google Ready to Delete Secret Chrome Browsing Data Of Billions Of Users: Know More
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Google Ready to Delete Secret Chrome Browsing Data Of Billions Of Users: Know More

News 18  

– Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately. The class action began in 2020, covering millions of Google users who used private browsing since June 1, 2016. Users alleged that Google's analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit improperly …

Google Antitrust Lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of using tons of illegal methods to push up ad prices
1 year, 5 months ago

Google Antitrust Lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of using tons of illegal methods to push up ad prices

Firstpost  

The US Justice Department has accused Google of manipulating online ad auctions, a multibillion-dollar industry dominated by Google. The tech giant artificially increased online advertising rates in an unjust manner, allegedly During a rare antitrust trial in Washington, a lawyer representing the US Justice Department questioned a Google executive on Wednesday regarding the tactics employed by the tech giant to …

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial
1 year, 6 months ago

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search. The trial is the biggest US antitrust case against a big tech company since the same department took on Microsoft more than two decades ago over …

Google reaches tentative settlement in U.S. Play Store lawsuit
1 year, 6 months ago

Google reaches tentative settlement in U.S. Play Store lawsuit

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday tentatively settled a class action suit alleging that its U.S. In the action brought by more than 30 U.S. states and representing 21 million consumers, the plaintiffs had claimed that consumers might have spent less on apps and had more options if it weren't for Google's alleged monopoly. Google is facing similar lawsuits which allege that …

Google makes emergency request to block Texas antitrust lawsuit move
1 year, 7 months ago

Google makes emergency request to block Texas antitrust lawsuit move

The Hindu  

Google asked a U.S. appeals court in New York on Tuesday to pause a decision to return an antitrust lawsuit filed by the state of Texas back to federal court in Texas. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in June granted the state's request to send the lawsuit back to federal court in Texas. After the lawsuit was filed in 2020, …

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit
1 year, 7 months ago

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

The Hindu  

August 09, 2023 10:24 am | Updated 10:24 am IST A U.S. judge rejected Google's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she could not find that users consented to letting Google collect information about what they viewed …

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial

The Hindu  

A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims made by the federal government. U.S. Judge Amit Mehta in Washington in a decision made public on Friday granted Google's request on some grounds but allowed the remainder of the claims to proceed to trial next …

Google Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misusing Internet Data To Train Its AI Systems
1 year, 8 months ago

Google Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misusing Internet Data To Train Its AI Systems

ABP News  

A proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Google, accusing the company of misusing personal information and copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence systems. In response, Google's general counsel, Halimah DeLaine Prado, clarified that the company has long been transparent about its use of data from public sources, such as openly available information and public datasets, to responsibly train …

U.S. court sanctions Google for deleting evidence in antitrust cases
2 years ago

U.S. court sanctions Google for deleting evidence in antitrust cases

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC intentionally destroyed employee "chat" evidence in antitrust litigation in California and must pay sanctions and face a possible penalty at trial, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco said in his order that Google "fell strikingly short" in its duties to preserve records. In a court filing last year, …

Alphabet seeks dismissal of U.S. antitrust lawsuit over Google's online ads
2 years ago

Alphabet seeks dismissal of U.S. antitrust lawsuit over Google's online ads

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet asked a U.S. federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. "In the more than three years that it has been investigating Google's ad tech business, the United States has received more than two million documents from Google and taken over thirty depositions …

Google denies destroying 'chat' evidence in U.S. antitrust lawsuit
2 years ago

Google denies destroying 'chat' evidence in U.S. antitrust lawsuit

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc.'s Google has denied intentionally destroying evidence in the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit over the company's search business, in a response to the government's bid for sanctions in federal court. The Justice Department last month alleged Google failed to preserve certain internal corporate "chat" communications. Mehta last year denied an earlier Justice Department bid for sanctions against Google …

Google 'Incognito' users lose appeal to sue for damages as class
2 years ago

Google 'Incognito' users lose appeal to sue for damages as class

The Hindu  

Consumers suing Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC over its data collection practices have lost their early appeal to pursue money damages as a class action seeking billions of dollars. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday rejected the plaintiffs' bid to appeal a lower court decision last year that denied class action status for money damages claims against Google. …

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case
2 years, 1 month ago

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case

The Hindu  

U.S. Justice Department lawyers say that Alphabet Inc.'s Google destroyed internal corporate communications and have asked a federal judge to sanction the company as part of the government's antitrust case over its search business. The DOJ asserted in a court filing unsealed in a Washington D.C. federal court on Thursday that Google failed to timely suspend a policy allowing the …

U.S. lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple and others
2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple and others

The Hindu  

A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet's Google over its dominance of advertising technology could help rivals and websites that sell ad space, but leaves an uncertain future for the advertisers themselves, experts told Reuters. Apple Inc., which is steadily growing its nascent advertising business and promoting it as privacy-focused, could be a winner if Google ads …

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance
2 years, 2 months ago

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government. The result, he added, is that “website creators earn less and advertisers pay more.” The lawsuit, filed in federal …

Google Sued Lawsuit By US DOJ department of justice Over Digital Ads advertisement Monopoly
2 years, 2 months ago

Google Sued Lawsuit By US DOJ department of justice Over Digital Ads advertisement Monopoly

ABP News  

The US Department of Justice and eight states have sued Google over its alleged monopoly over digital advertising technology products. Filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the complaint alleged that Google monopolises key digital advertising technologies, collectively referred to as the "ad tech stack", that website publishers depend on to sell ads and that …

US sues Google over dominance of online ad market
2 years, 2 months ago

US sues Google over dominance of online ad market

Hindustan Times  

The US Justice Department sued Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant. US sues Google over dominance of online ad market The federal antitrust suit accused Google of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly that had "corrupted legitimate competition in the ad tech industry." "In pursuit of outsized …

U.S. Justice Department poised to sue Google over digital ad market dominance
2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. Justice Department poised to sue Google over digital ad market dominance

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.'s Google as soon as Tuesday, regarding its dominance over the digital advertising market, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The lawsuit would be the second federal antitrust complaint filed against Google, alleging violations of antitrust law in how the tech giant acquires or maintains its …

Republican committee in US sues Google over email spam filters
2 years, 5 months ago

Republican committee in US sues Google over email spam filters

Al Jazeera  

The Republican National Committee accuses Gmail of ‘discriminating’ against it by unfairly sending its emails to users’ spam folders, impacting fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California, accuses Gmail of “discriminating” against the committee by unfairly sending the group’s emails to users’ spam folders, impacting both fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai 'hid emails from feds by marking them as "attorney-client", DoJ says
3 years ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai 'hid emails from feds by marking them as "attorney-client", DoJ says

Daily Mail  

Senior staffers at search giant Google - including CEO Sundar Pichai - for years hid thousands of emails from feds investigating antitrust claims against the company, by wrongly marking them as private and covered by attorney-client privilege. Senior staffers at search giant Google - including CEO Sundar Pichai - for years hid thousands of emails from feds investigating antitrust claims …

U.S. asks judge to sanction Google in pretrial document fight
3 years ago

U.S. asks judge to sanction Google in pretrial document fight

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department, which has accused Alphabet Inc's Google of breaking antitrust law in its search business, asked a judge to find that the company abused an attorney-client privilege designation to avoid turning over documents. In a court filing, the Justice Department asked for Google to be sanctioned for creating a "Communicate with Care" program that trains workers to …

Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit
3 years, 2 months ago

Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Google asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. Google said in its court filing that the states failed to show that it illegally worked with Facebook, now Meta, to counter "header …

Texas sues Google over local radio ads for its smartphones
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas sues Google over local radio ads for its smartphones

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ attorney general on Wednesday sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said Google engaged in false and misleading practices in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act. …

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