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DOJ Poised to Sue Google Over Digital Ad Market Dominance

The US Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google as soon as Tuesday regarding the search giant’s dominance over the digital advertising market, according to people familiar with the matter. The case is expected to be filed in …

Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit

Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar smartphone makers from …

Google Paying Indiana $20M to Resolve Privacy Suit

Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced. Rokitas filed a separate lawsuit against Google when negotiations between the company and …

Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental consent, in order to send them targeted …

Google Defeats One Suit Over Chrome Data Privacy Practices

Alphabet Inc.’s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday dismissed claims that Google tracked …

Google Play Fee Suit by Consumers Grows to 21 Million Users

Google now faces more than 21 million customers, instead of just a handful, in a lawsuit alleging its app store collects exorbitant fees. A federal judge exponentially increased the Alphabet Inc. unit’s damages exposure by granting class-action status Monday in …

Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit

Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users’ locations, the Michigan attorney general’s office said Monday. The investigation and settlement, which was led by Oregon and Nebraska, …

Republican National Committee Sues Google Over Email Spam Filters

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday for allegedly sending its emails to users’ spam folders. The U.S. political committee accuses the tech giant of “discriminating” against it by “throttling its email messages …

Texas Sues Google for Alleged Biometric Privacy Violations

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 privacy. Google, a unit of …

Google Faces EU Antitrust Charges Over its Ad-Tech Business

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 on Thursday. Google’s ad business is …