Privacy

Google class action lawsuit

Google is a defendant in In Re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, a proposed class action filed on June 12, 2012 in District Court, D. Delaware.

The court record lists the nature of suit as 890 Other Statutory Actions, on docket 1:12-md-02358.

Case details

Case
In Re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation
Court
District Court, D. Delaware
Docket number
1:12-md-02358
Case filed
June 12, 2012
Nature of suit
890 Other Statutory Actions

What this case is about

The case alleges that Google placed tracking cookies in consumers’ web browsers in a way that violated federal wiretapping law. It is a consumer privacy litigation concerning Google’s cookie placement practices.

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