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Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation,
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May 7, 2021

Google fights class action over users’ data collection

The complaint says Google LLC, while selling advertising space in its proprietary auction process, shares personal information it has promised not to disclose.

Google fights class action over users’ data collection
Nanci Nishimura - Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy

Google is fighting a class action in San Jose federal court that says the company violates the rights of its users by secretly collecting and selling their personal information.

The complaint says Google LLC, while selling advertising space in its proprietary auction process, shares personal information it has promised not to disclose.

Lesley E. Weaver, a partner with Oakland based Bleichmar Fonti &...

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