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Google has evaded a compensation bill of up to $ 4.3 billion after the UK High Court has today blocked a massive lawsuit against collecting data on the iPhone. He has already been forced to pay close to $ 40 million in the United States for similar claims.
The case involved the evidence that Google had illegally accessed data related to the Internet browsing activity of more than four million iPhone users bypassing the privacy settings of the Safari browser and using cookies between June 2011 and February 2012.
At a hearing earlier this year, it was alleged that the information collected included personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, physical and mental health, political opinions and sexuality, as well as user finances, purchases and geographic location.
The data was then used to group users under headings such as "football lover" or "news enthusiast", allowing customers of Google's DoubleClick business to tailor their ads to particular groups.
The case was introduced by Richard Lloyd, former director of Which? Consumer group, which created a campaign called "Google You Owe Us"; 20,000 people have registered.
"I think what Google has done is simply against the law," commented Lloyd at the launch of the event last year. "In all my years on behalf of consumers, I have rarely witnessed such a breach of trust, where so many people have no way to seek redress on their own."
However, Google's lawyers asserted that no individual data had been passed on to third parties and that, since it was impossible to identify the affected users, the file does not contain any data. had no chance of success.
This morning, Judge Warby agreed that Google's behavior was bad.
"It is indisputable that Google's alleged role in collecting, compiling and using the data obtained through the Safari Bypass was unlawful and constituted a breach of duty," he said.
However, he sided with Google in deciding that iPhone users could not be considered to have suffered damage as a result of the data collection and that it was impossible to Establish how many people had been affected. As a result, he ruled that the case had no chance of success.
"Today's judgment is extremely disappointing and actually leaves millions of people without any practical means of obtaining compensation and compensation when their personal data has been misused", comments Lloyd.
If successful, the case would have set a precedent. The United Kingdom does not have the same long tradition of class actions as the United States, and it was the first time that a large technology company was attacked by a break-in. they for misuse of data.
"The closure of this remedy puts British consumers at risk and makes the world's largest technology companies understand that they can continue to treat their information irresponsibly," Lloyd said.
"There now seems to be no choice but to let the government fill this void by legislating to give consumer groups the right to an affordable class action."
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Photo: Jason Alden / Bloomberg
Google has evaded a compensation bill of up to $ 4.3 billion after the UK High Court has today blocked a massive lawsuit against collecting data on the iPhone. He has already been forced to pay close to $ 40 million in the United States for similar claims.
The case involved the evidence that Google had illegally accessed data related to the Internet browsing activity of more than four million iPhone users bypassing the privacy settings of the Safari browser and using cookies between June 2011 and February 2012.
At a hearing earlier this year, it was alleged that the information collected included personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, physical and mental health, political opinions and sexuality, as well as user finances, purchases and geographic location.
The data was then used to group users under headings such as "football lover" or "news enthusiast", allowing customers of Google's DoubleClick business to tailor their ads to particular groups.
The case was introduced by Richard Lloyd, former director of Which? Consumer group, which created a campaign called "Google You Owe Us"; 20,000 people have registered.
"I think what Google has done is simply against the law," commented Lloyd at the launch of the event last year. "In all my years on behalf of consumers, I have rarely witnessed such a breach of trust, where so many people have no way to seek redress on their own."
However, Google's lawyers asserted that no individual data had been passed on to third parties and that, since it was impossible to identify the affected users, the file does not contain any data. had no chance of success.
This morning, Judge Warby agreed that Google's behavior was bad.
"It is indisputable that Google's alleged role in collecting, compiling and using the data obtained through the Safari Bypass was unlawful and constituted a breach of duty," he said.
However, he sided with Google in deciding that iPhone users could not be considered to have suffered damage as a result of the data collection and that it was impossible to Establish how many people had been affected. As a result, he ruled that the case had no chance of success.
"Today's judgment is extremely disappointing and actually leaves millions of people without any practical means of obtaining compensation and compensation when their personal data has been misused", comments Lloyd.
If successful, the case would have set a precedent. The United Kingdom does not have the same long tradition of class actions as the United States, and it was the first time that a large technology company was attacked by a break-in. they for misuse of data.
"The closure of this remedy puts British consumers at risk and makes the world's largest technology companies understand that they can continue to treat their information irresponsibly," Lloyd said.
"There seems to be no alternative left to the government to fill this gap by legislating to give consumer groups the right to an affordable class action."
