Google fails in bid to halt lawsuit on privacy
A three-judge panel said “misuse of private information should now be recognised as” causing harm or loss as it ruled the three claimants’ complaints should be heard at trial. Lawyers for the trio said in court documents that Google’s “clandestine tracking and collation” of their internet usage through cookies was illegal under European law.
Internet companies are under increasing pressure from privacy groups to protect personal data, while European governments have called on them to hand over information when there are concerns about national security.
