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In re: Google Location History Litigation

  1. May 06, 2024

    Google's $62M Location-Tracking Settlement Gets Green Light

    A California federal judge has granted final approval to Google's $62 million settlement resolving allegations it illegally collected and stored smartphone users' private location information, a deal that includes $18.6 million in fees for the lawyers representing the consolidated class.

  2. February 01, 2024

    Class Counsel Seek $18.6M From Google Tracking Settlement

    Attorneys who represented a consolidated class of smartphone users who sued Google in Northern California, accusing the tech giant of illegally collecting and storing private location information, have asked for $18.6 million in legal fees plus expenses, citing the $62 million deal they helped ink.

  3. October 26, 2023

    Google Gets Prelim. OK On $62M Location Tracking Deal

    A California judge granted preliminary approval to a $62 million deal between a proposed class of smartphone users and Google, resolving claims that the search giant illegally tracked and stored users' private location information.

  4. September 15, 2023

    Google To Pay Phone Users $62M In Location Tracking Suit

    A proposed class of smartphone users asked a California federal judge Thursday to sign off on a $62 million deal resolving claims that Google illegally tracked and stored users' private location information, the same day the tech giant reached a similar $93 million settlement with the state's attorney general.

  5. May 01, 2023

    Google, Users Ink Deal To End Location Tracking Row

    Google has reached a deal to resolve a putative class action accusing the tech giant of illegally tracking and storing smartphone users' private location information, the parties disclosed Friday, on the heels of several settlements the company has separately reached with state attorneys general over similar allegations.

  6. March 22, 2023

    Judge Rejects Google's Conflict Of Interest Claims

    A California federal judge tossed out Google's attempts to block the disclosure of "highly confidential" materials with an expert retained in a location tracking suit against the company, finding that Google failed to prove that the potential harm to the company would outweigh the need to disclose the materials.

  7. March 15, 2023

    Google Says Expert In Data Suit Has Conflict Of Interest

    Google is urging a California federal judge to reject a proposed class of users' plea to share "highly confidential" materials with an expert retained in their location tracking suit against the company, warning of "almost inevitable" litigation cross-contamination if the information were to be shared with the expert.

  8. August 22, 2022

    Meta Inks $37.5M Deal Resolving Tracking Tech Claims

    A group of social media users asked a California federal judge Monday to sign off on a $37.5 million settlement resolving claims that Meta Platforms' Facebook violated users' privacy with its tracking technology.

  9. October 02, 2020

    Google Accused Of Strategically Hiding Evidence In Data Suit

    Google is withholding relevant information in a proposed class action accusing the company of illegally tracking and storing users' location data, according to a motion filed in California federal court, which says the company has already handed over the evidence at issue in a separate suit.

  10. September 01, 2020

    Google Again Seeks Toss Of Users' Secret Tracking Suit

    Google has urged a California federal judge to toss for good a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of unlawfully tracking and storing users' private location information, arguing the users' latest complaint doesn't improve their "vague, boilerplate" allegations.

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