Internet Privacy

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Third Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GoogleSettlement.pdf"><strong>vacated</strong></a> a settlement agreement in which Google was to pay $5.5 million to data privacy organizations and the class counsel, but would not directly compensate any of the class members who allege that the company invaded their privacy with a web browser “cookie” that tracks an internet user’s data. </span>

PHILADELPHIA – The Third Circuit vacated a settlement agreement in which Google was to pay $5.5 million to data-privacy organizations and the class counsel, but would not directly compensate any of the class members who allege that the company invaded their privacy with a web browser “cookie” that tracks an internet user’s data.

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