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A judge known as a sharp critic of how tech companies treat consumer privacy was “disturbed” to learn from Google last month that even the search bar on the public website for her court is feeding user information to the company. Now comes an explanation from Google after U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh demanded one: The Alphabet Inc. unit relies on its code embedded in the public web page that helps it serve up advertising targeted at visitors. The information collected on those visitors is… Source link

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the identities of four Los Angeles County deputies accused of sharing photos from the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene be unsealed amid a lawsuit filed by Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant.  U.S. District Judge John F. Walter rejected the arguments of lawyers for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department that the names of the accused deputies should not be revealed to Bryant’s legal team or the public, according to a Los Angeles Times report.  Walter cited… Source link

(Bloomberg) — When Google users browse in “Incognito” mode, just how hidden is their activity?The Alphabet Inc. unit says activating the stealth mode in Chrome, or “private browsing” in other browsers, means the company won’t “remember your activity.” But a judge with a history of taking Silicon Valley giants to task about their data collection raised doubts Thursday about whether Google is being as forthright as it needs to be about the personal information it’s collecting… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which accuses the company of breaking antitrust law in its search and search advertising businesses. Google has balked at some of the production, describing… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of Google in front of at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department asked the judge hearing its antitrust fight with Alphabet’s Google for a huge list of documents from the search and advertising giant, including some about Facebook and Google’s Chrome browser, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Among the documents requested was communications with third parties… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of Google in front of at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department asked the judge hearing its antitrust fight with Alphabet’s Google for a huge list of documents from the search and advertising giant, including some about Facebook and Google’s Chrome browser, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Among the documents requested was communications with third parties… Source link

TipRanks These 2 Penny Stocks Could Rally All the Way to $11, Say Analysts At its January FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady – they are near rock-bottom now, and to no one’s surprise, the Fed is keeping them there. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell may have fed some market pessimism when he spoke after the meeting, and pointed out that unemployment, which has been rising in recent months. For market watchers seeking support, there is solace in the Fed’s monetary… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google offcie near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal judge who is hearing both the U.S. Justice Department and state antitrust cases against Google said on Thursday that he wanted the states to begin turning documents over to the search and advertising giant on Feb. 4 as part of preparation for trial. Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District… Source link