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Google court docs show that users who opt out of tracking are still monitored

Google court docs show that users who opt out of tracking are still monitored

Newly released documents in the Arizona Attorney General’s lawsuit against tech behemoth Google reveal more details about the company’s response to reporting on its privacy policies and how Google users’ IP addresses are used to obtain exact location information.  Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s case, filed in 2020, is part of a larger investigation that has been going on since at least 2018, after an Associated Press article revealed certain… Source link

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Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo! Inc., besieged by class actions accusing the pioneering internet search engine of sending unwanted ads via text message in violation of federal law, turned to its insurer to provide and pay for its legal defense. But, despite the existence of specifically negotiated and distinct “personal injury” and “advertising injury” coverage provisions according to Yahoo, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., denied coverage. A San Jose federal judge agreed with the carrier,… Source link

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Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo! Inc., besieged by class actions accusing the pioneering internet search engine of sending unwanted ads via text message in violation of federal law, turned to its insurer to provide and pay for its legal defense. But, despite the existence of specifically negotiated and distinct “personal injury” and “advertising injury” coverage provisions according to Yahoo, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., denied coverage. A San Jose federal judge agreed with the carrier,… Source link

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Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo! Inc., besieged by class actions accusing the pioneering internet search engine of sending unwanted ads via text message in violation of federal law, turned to its insurer to provide and pay for its legal defense. But, despite the existence of specifically negotiated and distinct “personal injury” and “advertising injury” coverage provisions according to Yahoo, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., denied coverage. A San Jose federal judge agreed with the carrier,… Source link

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Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo Defense Tab Up for Grabs in California Supreme Court Case

Yahoo! Inc., besieged by class actions accusing the pioneering internet search engine of sending unwanted ads via text message in violation of federal law, turned to its insurer to provide and pay for its legal defense. But, despite the existence of specifically negotiated and distinct “personal injury” and “advertising injury” coverage provisions according to Yahoo, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., denied coverage. A San Jose federal judge agreed with the carrier,… Source link

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Australia’s top court finds Google not liable for defamation

Australia’s top court finds Google not liable for defamation

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Australia’s highest court overturned on Wednesday a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article, throwing the spotlight again on how online libel cases are handled in the country. The seven-judge panel of the High Court of Australia voted 5-2 to throw out an earlier finding that the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit played a part in publishing the disputed article by acting as a “library” housing it, saying the… Source link

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Google wins defamation battle as Australia’s high court finds tech giant not a publisher | Google

Google wins defamation battle as Australia’s high court finds tech giant not a publisher | Google

Australia’s highest court has ruled Google is not a publisher of the websites it links to in search results, finding search engine hyperlinks do not amount to publication. A majority of high court justices on Wednesday found Google was not the publisher of a defamatory article by the Age about a Victorian lawyer, as it was a search engine that only provided hyperlinks to such content. “In reality, a hyperlink is merely a tool which enables a person to navigate to another webpage,” a… Source link

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Australian court rules Google not publisher but search engine

Australian court rules Google not publisher but search engine

An Australian court ruled that Google is a search engine and not a publisher of a defamatory article, siding with the tech giant in a lawsuit on Wednesday morning local time. The big picture: It’s a win for Google in a years-long defamation suit in which the company argued that article hyperlinks “only communicates that something exists…and it is the operator of the webpage who communicates the content to the user.” Driving the news: George Defteros, a lawyer, previously sued Google, arguing… Source link

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Yahoo-Yahoo: NYSC reacts as court jails Corps member for two years over cybercrime – Daily Post Nigeria

Yahoo-Yahoo: NYSC reacts as court jails Corps member for two years over cybercrime – Daily Post Nigeria

The Management of the National Youth Sevice Corps, NYSC, has reacted to the conviction of one Christopher Adetuberu, over cybercrime-related issues. In a statement signed by Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Adetuberu’s action is disappointing and antithetical to what the NYSC stands for. The NYSC backed the court ruling, insisting that it would serve as a deterrent to other members of the Scheme and Nigerian youths in general, who may want to engage in such… Source link

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Australian court orders Google to pay $43 million for misleading users

Australian court orders Google to pay $43 million for misleading users

Letters spell the word “Alphabet” as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 12 (Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google unit was ordered by the country’s Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on… Source link

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