Not just society Apple is often the target of various possible and impossible lawsuits. The High Court in the United Kingdom has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Google for 1 billion pounds. The lawsuit was filed by iPhone users who opposed the installation cookie files in iPhonech even though in the browser Safari installation of these files was prohibited.
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This problem was discovered back in 2012 by Jonathan Mayer of Stanford University. According to his research, Google and two other advertising companies somehow circumvented Safari and allowed to install on mobile cookie file that caused a bug in the browser that allowed other similar files to be installed. The Federal Trade Commission responded to this problem at the time and fined Google $22,5 million. In justifying its decision, the commission emphasized the protection of personal data as well as consumer protection, thus warning the rest of the world's technology giants.
Despite the problem from 2012, relations are Applu with Google is quite good. For example, we recently saw the integration Google Maps do Apple CarPlay:
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However, the sanctions did not satisfy iPhone owners in the UK, and an activist campaign was launched, aiming to force Google to take legal action to hold it responsible for the unauthorized installation. cookie files liability. This "anti-Google" campaign is said to represent almost 5 million iPhone owners in England and Wales. Initial plans were to sue Google for £2,7 billion. The group then claimed only the court-rejected sum of £1 billion.
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According to Google prosecutors, installations cookies files illegally collected data about users, including racial and ethnic origin, physical and mental health, political opinions, sexual orientation, etc. Google claims that the lawsuit is not relevant because no specific users could be identified from the collected files. The court therefore agreed with this claim and found Google right. However, it is not always possible toonec, there is still the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court and overturning the previous result.
