Google Ordered to Pay Former Australian Lawmaker for Defamatory YouTube Videos June 6, 2022 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to...
Texas AG Lawsuit Claims Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private May 20, 2022 By David Shepardson The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing”...
‘Zero-Day’ Hacks Hit Record in 2021, Google Researchers Say April 20, 2022 By Margi Murphy After a year dominated by high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain compromises, researchers from Alphabet Inc.’s Google have identified another...
Google Accused in Lawsuit of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees March 21, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers...
Google Boosts Cloud Security With $5.4 Billion Mandiant Deal March 9, 2022 By Eva Mathews Alphabet Inc’s Google is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc for $5.4 billion in a deal that could trigger a “ripple...
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit March 7, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the...
Google’s Online Ad Business Targeted in European Publishers’ Antitrust Complaint February 11, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Alphabet unit Google on Friday became the target of an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over...
Google Sued by Price Comparison Provider, PriceRunner, for $2.4 Billion February 7, 2022 By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM — Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner said on Monday it was suing Alphabet-owned Google for about 2.1 billion euros...
France Data Privacy Watchdog Slaps €150M Fine on Google for Misusing ‘Cookies’ January 6, 2022 By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS – France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record 150 million euros...
Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally December 17, 2021 By Henry Meyer Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account...