LONDON: The British Supreme Court has blocked 3.2 billion pounds of English class action ($ 4.3 billion) against Google through allegations, internet giants track personal information from millions of iPhone users.
The main British judges in a round voice gave Google’s appeal against the first data privacy case in the country on Wednesday, a movement that interfered with a series of similar claims to wait on the wing against other companies including Facebook and Tiktok.
The landmark case carried by Richard Lloyd, a consumer rights activist and his former director? Magazines, trying to expand the English class action regime to include compensation claims for data abuse – even if there are no clear financial disadvantages or troubles.
Google said the claim was related to the event which lasted a decade ago and was aimed at that time.
“People want to know that they are safe and safe online, which is why many years we have focused on building products and infrastructure that respect and protect the privacy of the community,” Google spokesman said.
Lloyd accused Google quietly taking more than 5 million personal data of iPhone users between 2011 and 2012 by passing the default privacy settings on the Safari browser to track the search history of the Internet.
Google uses this to sell targeted advertising services, Lloyd accuses, adding that the company obtained $ 80 billion from advertising only in 2016.