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You’re Likely Eligible for Part of a $23 Million Google Settlement
Epoch Times ^ | Tom Ozimek

Posted on 06/17/2023 1:23:11 PM PDT by CFW

People who used Google search between 2006 and 2013 could be eligible for a portion of a $23 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against the Big Tech giant.

Google is accused of sharing users’ search queries with third-party websites and companies without their consent from Oct. 25, 2006, to Sept. 30, 2013, according to a notice of proposed settlement of the class action suit. (pdf).

While Google has not made any admissions of wrongdoing, it has agreed to enter into the settlement (pdf) to avoid burdensome and costly litigation, according to the Kroll Settlement Administration, which is involved in the proceedings. remove

The class action lawsuit is called In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation, Case No. 5:10-cv-4809-EJD, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The court has a final approval hearing scheduled for Oct. 12, 2023, at the San Jose Courthouse.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigtech; chumpchange; datasharing; google; searchinfo; settlement; spying
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“I signed up anyway because my $7.70 is $7.70 some shyster lawyer won’t get.”

Good for you...

Payable by auto-deposit. So it only costs them $7.70 to get a whole bunch of names, addresses, and bank account numbers Google never had prior to the claim.

Have to be a fool to fall for this info mining trap...


41 posted on 06/17/2023 3:24:37 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: henbane

“Great! Pour those personal bank account numbers into Google’s insatiable maw.”

Yep...


42 posted on 06/17/2023 3:25:40 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

All info they already have. Except (hopefully) the bank account #.

Also, it’s payable to Paypal, NOT my bank account.


43 posted on 06/17/2023 3:34:46 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Are you going to be forwarding it from Paypal to your personal account?

If so then they will get it... Paypal and Google have an info sharing contract.


44 posted on 06/17/2023 3:38:03 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Well then it doesn’t matter. Cause they already have everything. That cat’s been out of the bag for some time.

Do you think any personal information of yours is private now? Your medical info? ha ha ha Your shopping habits? ha ha ha Your politically incorrect credit card purchases? Seriously?

One thing you can still do to protect yourself is shitcan all the smart appliances and Alexa. Oh, and own an older car. I do both. Those f*ckers at least can’t track my car.


45 posted on 06/17/2023 4:19:21 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: CFW

A fraction of a cent per user!


46 posted on 06/17/2023 4:37:53 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: CFW

Attorneys get 50%, so $11 million for the public. 150 million people used Google during that time.

Your big payout is 7¢. It’s just a coincidence that equals the amount of reparations black folks should get.


47 posted on 06/17/2023 4:46:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: Kevin in California

Back when he was writing opinion pieces following his retirement, Gary Larson, the created of “Far Side,” had a term he used that seems to apply more and more these days:

“Everyone, meaning ‘not you.’ “

The nickel you mention is the amount BEFORE the lawyers get their cut.


48 posted on 06/17/2023 5:11:21 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: CFW
Google Settlement Ping
49 posted on 06/17/2023 5:33:46 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: dfwgator
"Maybe I'll go to the movies......by myself!"

LOL! Love that movie...

50 posted on 06/17/2023 7:20:08 PM PDT by chud
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To: CFW
I suspect almost everyone used Google at some point between 2006 and 2013. So, fifty cents each? The attorneys will rack up the fees in this case and will receive millions while the plaintiffs and members of the class-action will receive a few pennies. That's the way these cases are always structured in settlement.

Yup. The only people who profit from class-action lawsuits are lawyers.

51 posted on 06/17/2023 7:50:39 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: FoxInSocks

$7.70?

How will I ever spend that?

/s


52 posted on 06/17/2023 10:08:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dfwgator

Better to be on the list for reparations!


53 posted on 06/18/2023 2:44:08 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: mass55th
I guess you never used any mapping software until recently.

First released in 2012, Apple Maps replaced Google Maps as the default map system on Apple devices.

54 posted on 06/20/2023 3:58:37 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Brown Deer
"I guess you never used any mapping software until recently. "

Everything connected with the map app, along with the app itself on my iPhone was manually turned off a long time ago.

55 posted on 06/20/2023 4:59:28 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

So, even though you never used it, it used you.


56 posted on 06/20/2023 6:33:34 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Brown Deer
"So, even though you never used it, it used you."

If you say so, although you've never seen my iPhone, nor know the apps that I've disabled on it. Either you're psychic, or you're feigning concern that Google has accessed me on my iPhone or computer. If they have, I don't really give a $hit.

57 posted on 06/20/2023 6:59:42 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th
If they have, I don't really give a $hit.

You obviously do, since you're making such a big deal about it.
58 posted on 06/20/2023 10:37:25 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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