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Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

By Jonathan Stempel

Jan 9 2025 2:32PM

Lawsuit began in July 2020.

Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

Google failed to persuade a US federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's mobile phones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in ...

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