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Settlement approved in class action over Google location tracking
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld a California federal court’s decision to grant final approval of a settlement reached between class representatives and Google, which allegedly violated users’ privacy rights by continuously…
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The Ninth Circuit affirmed a California federal court’s order granting final approval to a settlement between class representatives and Google. The class action alleged that Google repeatedly tracked users’ locations and retained the data even after the users disabled the “Location History” feature on their devices.
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