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France Data Privacy Watchdog Slaps €150M Fine on Google for Misusing ‘Cookies’
Jan 6 2022 // PARIS – France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known...
Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally
Dec 17 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account of a TV channel owned by a sanctioned ally of President Vladimir Putin. The Moscow Ninth...
Google Sues Russians for Alleged ‘Borderless’ Organized Cyber Crime Operation
Dec 9 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is suing two Russian nationals it claims are part of a criminal enterprise that has silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world, creating “a modern...
Fired Engineers Claim Google Failed to Honor Its Own ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto
Nov 30 2021 // A group of former Google employees sued the Alphabet Inc. unit on Monday alleging that it breached their employment contracts by not honoring its famous motto “don’t be evil.” In the lawsuit filed in...
Google Data Privacy Suit Dismissed After Top UK Court Rules Against Class Action
Nov 10 2021 // Google won its bid to dismiss a data privacy lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of iPhone users, after the UK’s top court said the tech giant couldn’t be served with a class action suit. The case, which sought...
Russia TV Channel Abandons Talks with Google to Get YouTube Account Unblocked
Aug 16 2021 // MOSCOW – Tsargrad TV, a news channel owned by a sanctioned Russian businessman, said it had abandoned talks with Google to have its YouTube account unblocked and on Monday accused the U.S. group of dragging its feet in...
Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant
Jul 19 2021 // A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their...
Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant
Jul 7 2021 // A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their...
Google Vows to Target Online Financial Scams in Britain
Jun 30 2021 // Google will clamp down on financial fraud on its platform in Britain, saying on Wednesday that all financial services will need to be verified by the regulator before they can advertise. Britain’s financial watchdog...
Court Says Google Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Hiding Security Risks
Jun 17 2021 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet Inc. accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ social network. The...
Judge OKs Class Action Status for Suit by Women Employees Suing Google
Jun 1 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google failed to persuade a judge to block class-action status for a gender-pay disparity lawsuit brought on behalf of almost 11,000 women. A San Francisco state judge certified the class action...
UK Supreme Court Urged to Allow Privacy Class Action Against Google
Apr 30 2021 // Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big firms to behave with impunity, a lawyer told the Supreme Court on...
U.S.-Style Google iPhone Privacy Case Viewed as a Landmark for UK Class Actions
Apr 29 2021 // A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users, is not viable and should not be allowed to proceed, the Supreme Court was told...
Supreme Court Sides With Google in Software Copyright Battle Against Oracle
Apr 6 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc.’s Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp.’s software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s...
Facebook, Google CEOs Suggest How to Reform Internet Immunity Law
Mar 25 2021 // Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material...
Google Hires Deloitte’s Walsh to Lead North American Insurance Business
Mar 11 2021 // Google has hired former Deloitte Digital partner Nigel Walsh to lead its insurance business in North America. Walsh disclosed the news on Twitter and LinkedIn. He noted on LinkedIn that he’ll be part of a team led by...
Google to Offer Cyber Insurance From Allianz, Munich Re to Cloud Users
Mar 2 2021 // Google is teaming up with two global insurers to cover cyber breaches and related risks for businesses that use its cloud services, the first time a major provider has opened up such insurance to its clients, the companies...
Google Paying $2.6M to Settle California, Washington Discrimination Case
Feb 3 2021 // Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state. The...
Pardon for Ex-Google Exec Who Took Self-Driving Car Secrets to Uber
Jan 22 2021 // A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera took an unexpected twist on Wednesday after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer for stealing self-driving car secrets shortly before joining...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’
Dec 23 2020 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its...
