Court Grants Preliminary Approval to $62M Settlement in Google Unconsented Tracking Complaints Class Action

As reported by Law360 (subscription), a California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed $62 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of Android and iPhone users’ accusing Google of tracking their movements and activities without their consent. The suit claims that Google tracks users’ location data even after they’ve activated privacy

2023-10-27T20:01:38+00:00October 27th, 2023|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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Google Agrees to Settlement in Virus-Tracing App Data Exposure Class Action  

As reported by Law360 (subscription), Google has agreed to a settlement to resolve plaintiffs’ privacy invasion claims in a class action lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of Android users who alleged a COVID-19 contact-tracing app improperly exposed their private data. The tech giant announced that it will preserve strict security measures enacted near-concurrently with

2022-05-10T23:09:21+00:00May 10th, 2022|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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Court Rejects Google’s Attempt to Get Child Privacy Lawsuit Dismissed

As reported by Law360 (subscription), on February 3, 2021, a New Mexico federal judge denied Google’s attempt to dismiss children’s privacy law violation claims against it which were initiated by New Mexico’s attorney general, who accused the internet goliath of facilitating the malicious harvesting of children’s personal info, including physical location, via apps and games,

2021-05-10T23:35:31+00:00February 4th, 2021|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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Google Street View Privacy Violations Lawsuit $13m Settlement Receives Final Approval

As reported by Law360, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer has granted final approval to a $13 million settlement over Google’s illegal gathering of network data via its Street View vehicle fleet. Given the difficulties of assessing precise individual harms, the innovative settlement, which is intended in part to disincentivize companies like Google from future

2020-03-20T10:29:05+00:00March 20th, 2020|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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Judge Grants Preliminary Approval to $13M Settlement in Google Street View Privacy Case

As reported by Law360 (subscription), a California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed $13 million cy press settlement of the federal multidistrict litigation accusing Google LLC of illegally gathering Wi-Fi network data via its Street View vehicles. As part of the settlement, Google agrees to fund online privacy organizations and educate the

2019-09-09T13:34:56+00:00September 9th, 2019|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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$13M Proposed Settlement in Google Street View Privacy Case

As reported by Law360 (subscription), on Friday, July 22, 2019, the parties proposed a $13 million settlement in the federal multidistrict litigation accusing Google LLC of illegally gathering Wi-Fi network data with its Street View vehicles. As part of the settlement, Google agreed to fund online privacy organizations and educate the public about encrypted networks.

2019-07-23T15:14:35+00:00July 23rd, 2019|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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Fabrice Vincent Examines Standing Issues in Data Theft Cases

Lieff Cabraser partner Fabrice N. Vincent spoke recently with the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation about digital privacy and the seemingly unending series of hacker attacks plaguing large companies and data stores across the world. “Your Data Was Stolen But Not Your Identity (Yet),” highlights Vincent’s thoughts on cyberattacks and the challenges inherent

2018-01-25T14:36:13+00:00January 25th, 2018|Digital Privacy & Data Security|
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