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High-stakes showdown over Google privacy controls set to begin in US court

By Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift ( August 15, 2025, 21:56 GMT | Comment) -- The question of whether "off" actually means off in Google's privacy settings will be put to the test at a federal trial that opens next week in San Francisco. On Monday, a federal jury is due to be seated in San Francisco to decide whether Google violated three privacy laws by continuing, when users toggled off a key privacy setting, to collect data about their activity from websites, apps, and devices that use Google services.  ...

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