Google taps top Obama Supreme Court lawyer for search antitrust appealU.S. District Judge Amit Mehta last year ruled Google holds an unlawful monopoly in online search and related advertising, and is consideri...
03 Jun, 2025, 09.31 PM IST
Will Google be forced to sell Chrome? Department of Justice demands divestmentThe Department of Justice, under new leadership, has revised its approach to Google's antitrust case but maintains that the tech giant must...
10 Mar, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trialGoogle failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action lawsuit, which claimed the company tracked personal data, even ...
09 Jan, 2025, 08.22 AM IST
Legal hurdles ahead for Google's forced sale of ChromeThe US Department of Justice is pushing for Alphabet, Google's parent company, to sell its Chrome browser and implement other measures to c...
22 Nov, 2024, 08.49 AM IST
US appeals court revives Google privacy class actionGoogle said in a statement: "We disagree with this ruling and are confident the facts of the case are on our side. Chrome Sync helps people...
21 Aug, 2024, 08.31 AM IST
Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practicesThe lawsuit seeks damages of up to 13.6 billion pounds ($16.9 billion) on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kin...
09 May, 2024, 08.32 AM IST
Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuitUsers alleged that Google's analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit improperly track people who set Google's Chrome browser to "I...
03 Apr, 2024, 11.22 AM IST
US lawsuit against Apple could make iPhone experience more consumer-friendlyIn Europe, consumers have already benefited after a slew of rules and regulations compelled Apple to make a number of user-friendly changes...
23 Mar, 2024, 12.07 AM IST
Google settles $5-billion consumer privacy lawsuitThe settlement terms were not disclosed, but the lawyers said they have agreed to a binding term sheet through mediation, and expected to p...
29 Dec, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
What's next in Google's court battle with the US Justice Department?Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will rule sometime in 2024 on whether any of Google's actions brok...
17 Nov, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Google faces £7 billion claim on behalf of UK consumersGoogle is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling competition in the search engine market and causing ...
08 Sep, 2023, 10.28 AM IST
Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuitA US judge rejected Google's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their inte...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.15 PM IST
Google 'Incognito' users lose appeal to sue for damages as classPlaintiffs sued Google in 2020, claiming that Google continued to collect data from users despite their use of private-browsing in Chrome's...
03 Mar, 2023, 08.47 AM IST
Sundar Pichai freed from questioning in Google 'Incognito' privacy suitPichai had been ordered in December to sit for a deposition for up to two hours in a case alleging that the technology giant scoops user da...
07 Apr, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai can be questioned in privacy lawsuit, judge rulesIn the lawsuit filed in June 2020, users accused Google of illegally invading their privacy by tracking internet use while Google Chrome br...
29 Dec, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Google to face lawsuit over snooping in ‘incognito’ mode“The court concludes that Google did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user is in private brows...
15 Mar, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust targetLike Microsoft was 22 years ago, Google is in the crosshairs of a Justice Department lawsuit accusing it of wielding the immense power of i...
21 Oct, 2020, 10.55 AM IST