Google Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

28 Jun 2023 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, Jerry Taylor informs viewers that Google has settled a class‑action lawsuit alleging that, between 2006 and 2013, the company shared users' search terms with third‑party companies, violating privacy expectations. He notes that individual payouts are modest, promises to post a link to the settlement details in the video comments, and encourages viewers to subscribe to his newsletter for further updates on privacy‑related issues.

Google shared your search terms with other companies and they have now settled a class action lawsuit where this was alleged. This lawsuit said that Google violated our privacy by sharing the search terms that we used with other companies between 2006 and 2013. The individual settlements will not be large, but I'll put the link to them in my comments. I knew they were doing something fishy. Join my newsletter for more.