Battle Over Scam Locksmith Search Results Confounds DC Circuit
The D.C. Circuit struggled Friday over a suit that would hold search engines like Google liable for letting disreputable locksmiths manipulate their map results.
Read moreGoogle Appeals $5 Billion EU Fine in Android Antitrust Case
Google is appealing a record $5 billion antitrust fine by European Union authorities, who say the tech giant abused the dominance of its Android operating system to stifle competitors.
Read moreClass Sues Over Possible Exposure of Google Plus User Data
In the latest fallout over yet another Silicon Valley privacy scandal, computer users hit Google and its parent company Alphabet with a federal class action Monday night for potentially exposing the data of up to 500,000 users of Google Plus to outside parties.
Read moreSuing Google
Twenty-two people who never subscribed to Gmail claim in court that Google intercepted, scanned and stored their messages, invading their privacy and violating wiretap laws.
Read moreApp Maker Accused of Tracking Data About Kids
New Mexico’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit claiming the maker of a children’s gaming app sends kids’ location, demographic and other personal information to advertisers without parental consent, risking their safety and violating their privacy.
Read moreEU to Give Internet Firms 1 Hour to Remove Extremist Content
European authorities are planning to slap internet companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook with big fines if they don’t take down extremist content within one hour.
Read moreGoogle Case Set to Examine If EU Data Rules Extend Globally
Google is taking its legal fight over whether “right to be forgotten” rules should apply to search engines globally all the way to Europe’s top court.
Read moreRights Groups Urge No Censored Google Search for China
More than a dozen human rights groups have sent a letter to Google urging the company not to offer censored internet search in China, amid reports it is planning to again provide the service in the giant market.
Read moreTrump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results to Make Him Look Bad
President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google and other tech companies, without evidence, of rigging search results about him so that “almost all” of the stories about him at the top of the page are bad.
Read moreGoogle Class Denied
A federal judge refused Thursday to certify a class of advertisers who claim Google unfairly excluded clicks on mobile devices from a discount program
Read moreGoogle Faces Location Sharing Class Action Lawsuit
A class action privacy lawsuit against Google was filed in federal court in San Francisco Friday, claiming that the technology giant continued to track the location of cell phone users after they turned off tracking.
Read moreGoogle Still on the Hook in Terror Liability Case
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to rule out the possibility that Google’s sharing of YouTube ad revenue with terrorists could make it liable for the 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people.
Read moreEU Fines Google a Record $5 Billion for Monopoly Abuse
Google was hit Wednesday with a record $5 billion fine by European antitrust regulators who said it abused its market dominance in search and web-browsing tools on its Android mobile operating system.
Read moreGoogle Sued Over Third-Party Access to Emails
Despite its promise to stop scanning emails for advertising purposes, Google let outside developers access and read millions of users’ private emails without consent, an Ohio man claims in a new class action.
Read moreGoogle Dodges Architect’s Claims of Stolen Inventions
A federal judge dismissed racketeering claims brought by an inventor who claimed Google used nondisclosure agreements to rip off his trade secrets for its own profit.
Read moreAustralian Court Rules Man Can Sue Google for Defamation
An Australian man who alleges Google defamed him on Wednesday won a court battle to sue the search engine giant.
Read moreGoogle, Facebook Sued for Violating Campaign-Disclosure Laws
Washington state sued Google and Facebook in state court Monday, claiming the companies violated campaign finance and disclosure laws by failing to obtain and disclose information on who pays for political advertisements.
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