Google blocks over 483 million bad ads, suspends 1.7 million accounts in India in 2025Google took strong action against bad ads in India during 2025. The company blocked over 483 million ads and suspended 1.7 million advertis...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.50 PM IST
EU spells out how Google must share data with rivalsThe European Commission set out Thursday how it wants Google to make a wide range of data accessible to rival search engines in order to co...
16 Apr, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
15 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Jeffery Epstein survivors sue US government over revealed identitiesSurvivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are suing the US government and Google. This action follows the mistaken release of victims' iden...
27 Mar, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
Google privacy lawsuit: Check if you’re eligible for the $425 million payout and how to claim itGoogle faces a massive payout of $425 million due to privacy violations. Millions of users may be eligible for compensation. This stems fro...
15 Nov, 2025, 06.16 AM IST
Google must pay $425 million in class action over privacy, jury rulesA US jury ordered Google to pay $425 million for collecting user data despite tracking being turned off. The case involved privacy violatio...
04 Sep, 2025, 07.29 AM IST
Google can question Texas officials in privacy lawsuit, appeals court rulesThe Texas appeals court has ruled in favor of Google, allowing the company to question Texas officials regarding a lawsuit that claims Goog...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.31 AM IST
Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google's FitbitAdvocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tra...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violationsThe privacy panel said the firms did not clearly inform service users and obtain prior consent when collecting and analysing behavioural in...
14 Sep, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Why Google banned a privacy tool called 'Disconnect Mobile' from the android app storeIn the five days it was available in Google's store, it was downloaded more than 5,000 times, reports the Wall Street Journal, which broke ...
29 Aug, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy chargesGoogle Inc is close to paying $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple's Safari brows...
11 Jul, 2012, 03.27 AM IST
Google’s privacy policy: Government must enact a privacy law and protect consumer rights onlineGoogle says this is meant to simplify its privacy terms and to improve service. Users and regulators worry that this amounts to intrusive v...
11 Apr, 2012, 08.55 AM IST
Google faces music over tracking Apple's Safari Web browserUsing its DoubleClick ad network, Google has been dodging a privacy setting in Safari, the primary Web browser on the iPhone and iPad.
19 Feb, 2012, 02.56 PM IST
- Google sued for alleged privacy violations
Google is being targeted in a class action suit that alleges it violates the privacy of its users by sharing personal information and Inter...
26 Oct, 2010, 08.47 PM IST
- Google sacks engineer for violating privacy policies
Google has sacked one of its engineers, David Barksdale, for breaching privacy policies.
15 Sep, 2010, 08.05 PM IST
- 3 Google executives convicted of privacy violations
Google execs were convicted of privacy violations in allowing video of an autistic boy being abused to be posted online. Status msg can sen...
24 Feb, 2010, 07.50 PM IST
- Google Street View does not violate privacy: Japan
The company has already taken these measures now.
23 Jun, 2009, 03.07 PM IST