| Title | UK Safari Users Can Sue Google in the UK for Tracking Browsing | |
| Date | Sunday March 29 2015, @06:10AM | |
| Author | azrael | |
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| from the putting-a-value-on-privacy dept. | ||
According to the BBC UK Safari users can sue Google for working around Safari's Privacy Settings in a UK court.
Google has lost a Court of Appeal bid to stop consumers having the right to sue in the UK over alleged misuse of privacy settings.
A group of users claim that Google bypassed security settings on the Safari browser to install tracking cookies on their computers in order to target them with advertising.
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The landmark case potentially opens the door to litigation from the millions of Britons who used Apple computers, iPhones, iPods and iPads during the relevant period, summer 2011 to spring 2012, said Jonathan Hawker who represents the Google Action Group, a not-for-profit company set up to manage claims against the internet giant for breach of privacy.
Also covered at Ars Technica and CNet.
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