"Google will have to face a class action lawsuit that accuses it of collecting users’ data through Chrome without their consent. In a decision on Tuesday, a federal appeals court reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the case, saying the lower court should’ve reviewed Google’s disclosures and determined “whether a reasonable user reading them would think that he or she was consenting to the data collection.”…
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So, it’ll cost them an hour’s worth of revenue in fines.
🤡 legal construction to justify enslaving peasants with idiotic contract terms
Can we do this for everything that collects data without user consent?
If they win there then that’ll help with other cases, I think
Wow I’m so suprised I thought i could trust google with all my private data.