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Litigation

Sep. 28, 2013

Privacy lawsuit against Google moves forward

Plaintiffs accusing Google Inc. of illegally intercepting users' private emails can proceed on most of their claims, a federal judge ruled Thursday.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Plaintiffs accusing Google Inc. of illegally intercepting users' private emails can proceed on most of their claims, a federal judge ruled Thursday.


A group of putative class actions consolidated in San Jose have been filed against Google claiming violations of state and federal anti-wiretapping laws for scanning and mining personal data through its Gmail service. In Re Google Inc. Gmail Lit...

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