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Google class action settlement updates:
- The revised deadline for Class Members to opt out of or object to the Google cookie tracking settlement is July 7, 2022.
- On Jan. 3, 2020, Google users argued that a revised $5.5 million Google privacy class action settlement should be approved after the original settlement was dismissed by an appeals court.
- On Aug. 6, 2019, a $5.5 million settlement resolving allegations that Google circumvented users’ privacy to secretly track their online activity was rejected the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
- On Dec. 20, 2016, an objector to Google’s $5.5 million class action settlement says the funds should go to Class Members, not third-party organizations.
Google Inc. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it set Google cookie tracking on Apple Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser, even though doing so was contrary to the default cookie settings on those web browsers. Class members in this Google settlement do not need to submit a claim form.
Anyone who used a Safari or Internet Explorer web browser with the browser cookie settings set either to accept cookies only from visited sites or to block cookies from “third parties and advertisers” and visited websites that displayed ads from Google’s advertising serving service, doubleclick.net, may be affected by this class action settlement.
The plaintiffs claim that Internet Explorer and Safari web browsers had default settings that blocked cookie tracking from visited sites, third parties and advertisers. According to the Google cookie tracking class action lawsuit, Google circumvented these settings and used cookies to gain access to internet users’ online communication and activity.
Google denies any wrongdoing, but has agreed to settle the cookie tracking class action lawsuit to avoid the expense and uncertainty of ongoing litigation. Further, the internet search giant claims that its cookie placement was a permissible and lawful activity that helped boost the effectiveness of advertisements.
The Google cookie tracking class action settlement was preliminarily approved on Aug. 31, 2016.
Class Members wishing to opt out of the Google cookie tracking class action settlement must have done so no later than Nov. 27, 2016.
Objections must have been submitted by Dec. 21, 2016.
The date for the final fairness hearing will be set after Sept. 9, 2022.
There is no claim form for this Google settlement.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members include anyone in the United States who used an Apple Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser in 2011 and 2012, and who visited a website from which doubleclick.net cookies were placed even though the browser settings were such that cookies from that website should have been blocked.
Potential Award
There are no monetary benefits available to Class Members from this Google cookie tracking settlement.
Google has agreed to implement systems configured to instruct Safari web browsers to expire or delete any cookie placed from doubleclick.net.
In addition, Google has agreed to distribute $5.5 million to be paid to non-profit and/or educational institutions to promote public awareness and/or to support research, development and initiatives related to the security and/or privacy of web browsers.
Proof of Purchase
N/A
Opt Out Deadline
07/07/2022
Case Name
In re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, Case No. 1:12-md-02358, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Final Hearing
To be set after Sept. 9, 2022.
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
In re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Settlement Administrator
c/o GCG
P.O. Box 10320
Dublin, OH 43017-5920
Class Counsel
Jose M. Bermudez
Nicholas Todd Heinrich
Lynne Krause
STRANGE & BUTLER LLP
SILVERMAN THOMPSON SLUTKIN WHITE
BARTIMUS FRICKLETON AND ROBERTSON PC
Defense Counsel
N/A
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932 thoughts onGoogle cookie tracking class action settlement
You all cracked me up billions of peoe use Microsoft and explorer in 2011 and 2012 so if this went public class action you would not even get 10 or 20 cents…..cents people not worth the check its written on SETTLE OR STUFF DOWN
This recently happened to me no lie …. I PURCHASED THIS PHONE THAT I’M USING RIGHT NOW (SAMSUNG NOTE) FROM THIS GUY HE WAS NO LONGER USING IT AND I HAD DROPPED MY CELL PHONE IN A MUDD PUDDLE ! #YES OK SO AFTER I GOT THE PHONE FROM HIM I FACTORY RESET PHONE AND GOT IT ACTIVATED WITH MY CARRIER …I THEN SET UP MY EMAIL ACCOUNTS/ AND ETC. TO THE NEW PHONE SO I NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD GET READY TO GOOGLE SOMETHING I WOULD SEE JUST RANDOM THINGS IN THE SEARCH BAR THAT I KNEW I HADN’T SEARCHED NEVER THE LESS I HONESTLY JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IT JUST HAPPENS ON THAT PARTICULAR MODEL PHONE SO MAYBE A MONTH LATER MY BF COMES HOME IN A “RAGE” HE SAYS TO ME DO YOU KNOW CERTAIN PRIVATE PICTURES OF YOURS HAD BEEN POSTED TO FACEBOOK NOW MIND YOU I DON’T EVEN OWN A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT !I DON’T ENTERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA LONG STORY SHORT COME TO FIND OUT THE GUY THAT I HAD PURCHASED THE PHONE FROM AND MY GOOGLE BACKUPS AND ACCOUNTS SOMEHOW BECAME ONE .. HE COULD ALSO SEE MY SEARCHES /EMAILS/ AND PHOTOS FROM HIS PHONE OH DID I MENTION THAT HE LIVED IN CHARLOTTE N.C DURING THIS TIME AND I LIVED IN JACKSONVILLE FL SMH WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PRIVACY
could you see his stuff or could he just see yours? because i think this may have happened to me as well.
I would like to be a part of this lawsuit
There is no claim form available for this settlement. There is an opt-out option. The settlement calls for injunctive relief only, and no payment to class members. After fees, the remainder of the settlement fund will be donated to charity.
What a crock of bs
Please add me like to be included
I would like to be included as well please
There is no claim form available for this settlement. There is an opt-out option. The settlement calls for injunctive relief only, and no payment to class members. After fees, the remainder of the settlement fund will be donated to charity.
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spies, spies everywhere there’s spies NObody gives a damn about you or me. Try to get on the internet, and not be bombarded with places you have searched. It is all about tracking and corp. advertising.
I do not agree with how the court set forth the penalties in this case. Google has taken substantial liberties with allowing individuals’ privacy at risk. With all the intelligence on making computers and constantly making “improvements,” they can’t work on making the privacy better? We know why our private info is up for grabs – who would be so dumb and not realize it’s a very lucrative business! Regardless of the part out government has played in accessing some “private” info, we deserve and pay for protection from all others. It has been made too easy to hack into anyone or any business and this should stop.