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Google has to face US privacy suit over new user data policy |
July 23, 2014
A California court has allowed a privacy class action suit against Google to continue, though only in part.After evaluating each claim of each sub-class in the suit, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal has allowed two claims of the “Android Application Disclosure Subclass,” which includes all persons and entities in the U.S. that acquired an Android-powered device between Aug. 19, 2004 and the present, and downloaded at least one Android application through the Android Market or Google Play.On March 1, 2012, Google introduced a single, unified policy that allows the company to comingle user data across accounts and disclose it to third-parties for advertising purposes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2457220/google-has-to-face-us-privacy-suit-over-new-user-data-policy.html#tk.rss_all
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