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LONDON – A UK court has blocked a lawsuit against Google for collecting personal data on some 4 million iPhone users
Britain's High Court ruled on Monday whether a mass legal action could be brought against the internet giant for allegedly collecting sensitive information from some 4.4 million people. iPhone users.
The court challenge alleged that Google had bypassed privacy settings on iPhones between August 2011 and February 2012 to collect data for advertisers.
The Google You Owe Us campaign was hoping to win 1 billion pounds ($ 1.3 billion) in compensation.
A campaign group lawyer told Judge Mark Warby that the activity had been unveiled by a PhD researcher in 2012 and that Google had already paid out millions to settle claims in the United States.
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