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Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation

Jul. 6, 2021

Claims of Google eavesdropping, recording can proceed, judge rules

The lawsuit was filed by owners of smartphones and other devices running voice-activated Google Assistant software, which comes downloaded already on most Google products.

Claims of Google eavesdropping, recording can proceed, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Beth Freeman.

A federal judge has advanced most of a class action accusing Google of illegally recording, listening to and profiting from user conversations on its devices.

The lawsuit was filed by owners of smartphones and other devices running voice-activated Google Assistant software, which comes downloaded already on most Google products. The plaintiffs accused the Alphabet-owned company of secretly recording conversations. It alleged that th...

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