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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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Major Telescope Makers Hit by Class Action Lawsuit for Alleged Price Manipulation
A $32M class action settlement has been reached following allegations of market monopolization and price fixing by major telescope manufacturers. Brands like Celestron, Meade, Olivon, and Sky-Watcher are included. The settlement affects buyers in the U.S. who purchased telescopes between 2005 and 2023. Claims must be filed by May 20, 2025, as per r...
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Apple Fights $1.8 Billion App Store Lawsuit in First of UK Class Actions Against Tech Giants
Apple is facing a mass lawsuit brought on behalf of around 20 million iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom, who were allegedly overcharged for app purchases. Apple, however, says the case is meritless and overlooks the benefits to consumers of the integrated approach of its iOS operating system, which prioritises security and privacy.
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Apple Highlights Siri’s Privacy-Focused Approach Amid Growing Data Security Concerns
Apple issued a statement on Wednesday highlighting the company’s commitment to protecting user data processed by Siri. The statement came just days after the Cupertino-based tech giant agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed that Apple recorded private conversations with the voice assistant and sold them to third parties suc...
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Never Sold Or Used Siri Data To Build Marketing Profiles: Apple
Last week Apple paid $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged it routinely recorded and disclosed their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally.
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Google Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Chrome's Data Collection: US Court
A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts.
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Can Bayer Weedkiller Cause Blood Cancer? What Australian Court Said
An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer's Roundup weedkiller can cause a type of blood cancer, a boost for the company which is grappling with a slew of similar cases in the United States.
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Google Agrees to Delete Incognito Mode Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit
Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.
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Nvidia Sued By Three Authors Over AI Use of Copyrighted Books Without Permission
Nvidia has been sued by three authors who claim that the chipmaker used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. The US firm has touted NeMo as a fast and affordable way to adopt generative AI, and is not the first firm to be sued for the use of copyrighted work to train AI models.
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Amazon Steers Consumers To Higher-Priced Items, Says US In Lawsuit
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra fees.
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Employees Sue X Over Failure To Pay Bonuses Amounting To More Than $5 Million
The class action suit was originally filed in June by X's former head of compensation Mark on behalf of himself and a slew of other current and former X employees.
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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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Major Telescope Makers Hit by Class Action Lawsuit for Alleged Price Manipulation
A $32M class action settlement has been reached following allegations of market monopolization and price fixing by major telescope manufacturers. Brands like Celestron, Meade, Olivon, and Sky-Watcher are included. The settlement affects buyers in the U.S. who purchased telescopes between 2005 and 2023. Claims must be filed by May 20, 2025, as per r...
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Apple Fights $1.8 Billion App Store Lawsuit in First of UK Class Actions Against Tech Giants
Apple is facing a mass lawsuit brought on behalf of around 20 million iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom, who were allegedly overcharged for app purchases. Apple, however, says the case is meritless and overlooks the benefits to consumers of the integrated approach of its iOS operating system, which prioritises security and privacy.
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Apple Highlights Siri’s Privacy-Focused Approach Amid Growing Data Security Concerns
Apple issued a statement on Wednesday highlighting the company’s commitment to protecting user data processed by Siri. The statement came just days after the Cupertino-based tech giant agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed that Apple recorded private conversations with the voice assistant and sold them to third parties suc...
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Never Sold Or Used Siri Data To Build Marketing Profiles: Apple
Last week Apple paid $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged it routinely recorded and disclosed their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally.
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Google Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Chrome's Data Collection: US Court
A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts.
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Can Bayer Weedkiller Cause Blood Cancer? What Australian Court Said
An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer's Roundup weedkiller can cause a type of blood cancer, a boost for the company which is grappling with a slew of similar cases in the United States.
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Google Agrees to Delete Incognito Mode Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit
Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.
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Nvidia Sued By Three Authors Over AI Use of Copyrighted Books Without Permission
Nvidia has been sued by three authors who claim that the chipmaker used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. The US firm has touted NeMo as a fast and affordable way to adopt generative AI, and is not the first firm to be sued for the use of copyrighted work to train AI models.
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Amazon Steers Consumers To Higher-Priced Items, Says US In Lawsuit
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra fees.
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Employees Sue X Over Failure To Pay Bonuses Amounting To More Than $5 Million
The class action suit was originally filed in June by X's former head of compensation Mark on behalf of himself and a slew of other current and former X employees.
