Google, Chrome users spar over class certification in sweeping US privacy case
By Maria Dinzeo ( March 28, 2025, 23:57 GMT | Insight) -- At a hearing today, a US federal judge overseeing a sweeping privacy lawsuit accusing Google of illegally collecting data on Chrome users weighed whether she should certify a potential class of millions of people. Certification hinges on whether users implicitly consented to Google's privacy policies and if that consent can be determined on a class-wide basis.Google’s varying privacy policies continue to be a headache for the US federal judge overseeing a sweeping privacy lawsuit accusing Google of illegally collecting data on Chrome users....
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