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Texas Sues Google for Alleged Biometric Privacy Violations
Oct 21 2022 // Texas sued Google over claims that the search-engine giant is illegally capturing the biometric data of users without their consent, the latest in a series of lawsuits by the state against tech companies over online...
Google Faces EU Antitrust Charges Over its Ad-Tech Business
Oct 13 2022 // Alphabet unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated over the slow pace of settlement talks with the company, people familiar with the matter said...
Markets/Coverages: Travelers, Google Cloud to Build Data System to Underwrite Commercial Risk
Sep 22 2022 // Google Cloud and The Travelers Companies said they are working together to create a cloud-based data ecosystem that will help Travelers’ underwriters more efficiently evaluate risks for large and middle market...
Judge Allows Claim That NFL App Violates Privacy by Disclosing Personal Data to Google
Sep 15 2022 // The National Football League has lost a bid to completely toss a class action that alleges it violates privacy laws by sharing the video watching habits of users of its mobile NFL App with Google for advertising and...
Google Must Face Most of Texas Lawsuit Over Ad Dominance, Judge Rules
Sep 14 2022 // Alphabet Inc’s Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a federal judge ruled on...
Google Faces Damages Claims of $25.4B in UK, Dutch Courts Over Adtech Practices
Sep 13 2022 // Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on...
Google Completes $5.4M Buy of Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant
Sep 12 2022 // Google today said it has completed its acquisition of Mandiant, Inc. Mandiant will join Google Cloud and retain the Mandiant brand, Google said. Alphabet’s Google said the acquisition will allow Google Cloud and...
DOJ Poised to Rebuff Google Concessions, Clearing the Way for Antitrust Suit
Jul 15 2022 // The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit over Google’s dominance of the online advertising market, according to people familiar...
Google Offers Concessions to Thwart US Antitrust Case
Jul 11 2022 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google has offered concessions to change certain aspects of its advertising business in an attempt to head off a possible US antitrust lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Google has...
Oracle Corp. Women Stumble in Pay Bias Suit While Google Cuts a Deal
Jun 14 2022 // Women at Oracle Corp. suing over alleged pay disparities took a big step backward, while more than 15,000 female workers at Google crossed the finish line. Under a judge’s tentative ruling Friday, the Oracle women...
Google Agrees to Pay $118 Million to Settle Pay Equity Suit
Jun 13 2022 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms representing the women said in a statement. In addition, an independent expert...
Google Ordered to Pay Former Australian Lawmaker for Defamatory YouTube Videos
Jun 6 2022 // SYDNEY – An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory”...
Texas AG Lawsuit Claims Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private
May 20 2022 // The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit...
‘Zero-Day’ Hacks Hit Record in 2021, Google Researchers Say
Apr 20 2022 // After a year dominated by high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain compromises, researchers from Alphabet Inc.’s Google have identified another ignominious cyber milepost for 2021: a record number of...
Google Accused in Lawsuit of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees
Mar 21 2022 // A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of...
Google Boosts Cloud Security With $5.4 Billion Mandiant Deal
Mar 9 2022 // Alphabet Inc’s Google is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc for $5.4 billion in a deal that could trigger a “ripple effect” as cloud rivals Microsoft and Amazon also ramp up efforts to fortify the...
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit
Mar 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data...
Google’s Online Ad Business Targeted in European Publishers’ Antitrust Complaint
Feb 11 2022 // BRUSSELS – Alphabet unit Google on Friday became the target of an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business, which could potentially strengthen EU antitrust chief...
Google Sued by Price Comparison Provider, PriceRunner, for $2.4 Billion
Feb 7 2022 // STOCKHOLM — Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner said on Monday it was suing Alphabet-owned Google for about 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion), the latest firm to take legal action alleging the search giant...
Texas Sues Google Over Local Radio Ads for Its Smartphones
Feb 7 2022 // Texas’ attorney general on Jan. 19 sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in...
