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Google can't escape claims it acquired ovulation data through Flo app, as US judge denies summary judgment

By Mike Swift ( September 23, 2024, 23:51 GMT | Insight) -- Google failed to convince a US judge that it should be excused from proposed class action litigation over Flo Health's alleged sharing of women's reproductive health data with the digital ads giants through Flo's ovulation tracking app. The debated questions of fact in the case “are questions of fact a jury will need to decide," a federal judge in San Francisco said in an order denying the bulk of Google's motion for summary judgment.Google lost its bid to eject itself from proposed class action litigation that alleges Flo Health’s popular fertility tracking app illegally shared users’ health information with Google and other digital advertisers, with a federal judge in San Francisco ruling today that a trial jury must decide disputed facts in the case....

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