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Google must face part of US consumer lawsuit over search dominance
2 months 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 …

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Experian credit bureau sued for allegedly failing to properly probe consumer complaints
2 months, 1 week ago

Experian credit bureau sued for allegedly failing to properly probe consumer complaints

LA Times  

Experian was sued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which accused the credit bureau of failing to properly probe consumer disputes. Experian, one of the nation’s largest credit bureaus, was sued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly improperly handling consumer disputes, which could lead to lower credit scores — one of a number of punitive actions …

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DOJ drops claims TikTok misled US consumers in lawsuit against ByteDance
8 months, 3 weeks ago

DOJ drops claims TikTok misled US consumers in lawsuit against ByteDance

Hindustan Times  

The US Justice Department is dropping one of two proposed claims against ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, planning to focus a consumer protection lawsuit later this year on children’s privacy instead of allegations the video-sharing platform misled consumers about their data security. “The Justice Department cannot comment on the substance of the referral from the FTC against TikTok,” said DOJ spokesman Terrence …

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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 …

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Tesla settles class action lawsuit over 'dangerous' Autopilot system
6 years, 9 months ago

Tesla settles class action lawsuit over 'dangerous' Autopilot system

Daily Mail  

Tesla on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company's assisted-driving Autopilot system was 'essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.' Two U.S. consumer advocacy groups urged the FTC to investigate what they called Tesla's 'deceptive and misleading' use of the name Autopilot for its …

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