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US judge allows Google to block public access to hearing in Chrome privacy cases

( January 9, 2023, 18:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A California federal judge has granted Google's request to seal the courtroom for a hearing on discovery issues in twin privacy lawsuits over the company's collection of user data through its Chrome browser. Although Google has already been hit by sanctions for discovery misconduct in the Chrome case involving data collection in the browser's "Incognito" private browsing mode, US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen without comment or explanation granted Google's motion to seal the courtroom for a Jan. 10 hearing. The search giant argued that the hearing will require "detailed discussion of the information Google has sought to redact from the public record in the underlying briefing, such as the size and location of particular data sources, Google’s costs associated with storing that data, specific identifiers contained in the data, and the import (or non-import) of particular fields.  Finding code names or otherwise avoiding discussion of these specifics is infeasible, given the subject matter of the hearing."See documents below....

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