Google is facing class-action style litigation in the Netherlands which accuses the adtech giant of breaching European privacy laws. It's demanding Google Google is facing class-action style litigation in the Netherlands which accuses the adtech giant of breaching European privacy laws.
It’s demanding Google stops tracking and profiling consumers and is also seeking compensation for what it dubs “large-scale privacy violations” of the European Union’s data protection regime.
Irish research shows that residents’ internet activity and locations in Europe are exposed to online ad auctions on average almost 380 times a day.”
Add to that, back in May, a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed there is no threshold of seriousness for non-material harm in order to claim compensation for privacy damages.
Which means claims can be brought for emotional distress flowing from a violation of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other privacy laws.
A number of aspects of the tech giant’s business have been under investigation by its lead regulator for GDPR, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, for several years following complaints its technologies breach EU privacy rules.
The Consumer Association behind the Google claim previously brought a successful privacy litigation against Facebook-owner Meta, also funded by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein — obtaining a declaration of rights earlier this year in which the court found the tech giant did not have a lawful basis to process local users’ data for ad targeting.
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It’s demanding Google stops tracking and profiling consumers and is also seeking compensation for what it dubs “large-scale privacy violations” of the European Union’s data protection regime.
Irish research shows that residents’ internet activity and locations in Europe are exposed to online ad auctions on average almost 380 times a day.”
Add to that, back in May, a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed there is no threshold of seriousness for non-material harm in order to claim compensation for privacy damages.
Which means claims can be brought for emotional distress flowing from a violation of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other privacy laws.
A number of aspects of the tech giant’s business have been under investigation by its lead regulator for GDPR, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, for several years following complaints its technologies breach EU privacy rules.
The Consumer Association behind the Google claim previously brought a successful privacy litigation against Facebook-owner Meta, also funded by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein — obtaining a declaration of rights earlier this year in which the court found the tech giant did not have a lawful basis to process local users’ data for ad targeting.
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