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Google must defend privacy claims over mobile apps, in latest fallout from US Ninth Circuit Facebook ruling

By Mike Swift
  • 24 May 2021 13:23
  • 24 May 2021 14:07
Google lost the bulk of its bid to throw out claims it violated California privacy laws by harvesting personal data for ad targeting after users switched off a key setting on their Android phones, with a US judge in San Francisco concluding the plaintiffs didn't consent to that data collection. 
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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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