Privacy lawsuit over Chrome ‘Sync’ feature gets new life


A panel of judges in California ruled that a lower court was wrong to toss the case on the grounds that Chrome users had agreed to Google's privacy policy, and that the lawsuit should head for trial. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: A US federal appeals court on Aug 20 breathed new life into a lawsuit by Chrome users who say Google gathered data even though they did not "Sync" to their accounts.

A panel of judges in California ruled that a lower court was wrong to toss the case on the grounds that Chrome users had agreed to Google's privacy policy, and that the lawsuit should head for trial.

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