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Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case

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On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:55:42 -0400
"Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:

> 
> "Slimer" <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote in message
> news:mf48hn$uea$2@dont-email.me...
> > On 2015-03-27 2:42 PM, Ezekiel wrote:
> >> <quote>
> >> Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case
> >> The floodgates are now open for UK users to sue Google over privacy
> >> violations tied to tracking cookies.
> >> March 27, 2015
> >>
> >> In a landmark ruling, the UK's Court of Appeal has dismissed
> >> Google's request to prevent British Web users from suing the
> >> company over tracking cookies and privacy violations.
> >>
> >> The case revolves around Apple's Safari browser, Google's Safari 
> >> workaround,
> >> and cookies. In spite of default privacy settings and user
> >> preferences -- including an opt-out of consent to be tracked by
> >> cookies -- Google's tracking cookies gathered information on
> >> Safari browser users for nine months in 2011 and 2012.
> >>
> >> Google profits from DoubleClick tracking cookies by installing
> >> them on computing devices and leading users to tailored
> >> advertisements. The DoubleClick ID Cookie, when settled within a
> >> user's browser, tracks and gathers data about the user based on
> >> Web activity and searches.
> >>
> >> This information can include surfing habits, ethnicity, sexual
> >> interests, religious and political beliefs, and potentially
> >> financial data.
> >>
> >> Three British computer users brought the case to court, arguing
> >> that Google
> >> ignored consumer wishes to not have tracking cookies installed on
> >> their machines.
> >>
> >> Google argued the point was moot because consumers suffered no
> >> financial hardship due to the practice. The UK's Court of Appeal
> >> disagreed. According
> >> to the court's judgment:
> >>
> >> "This is a David and Goliath victory," one of the claimants, Marc 
> >> Bradshaw,
> >> said in a statement from the Google Action Group. "The Court of
> >> Appeal has
> >> ensured Google cannot use its vast resources to evade English
> >> justice. Ordinary computer users like me will now have the right
> >> to hold this giant
> >> to account before the courts for its unacceptable, immoral and
> >> unjust actions."
> >>
> >> "This is an important decision that prevents Google from evading or
> >> trivialising these very serious intrusions into the privacy of
> >> British consumers," he said in the statement. "Google, a company
> >> that makes billions
> >> from advertising knowledge, claims that it was unaware that was
> >> secretly tracking Apple users for a period of nine months and had
> >> argued that no harm
> >> was done because the matter was trivial as consumers had not lost
> >> out financially. The Court of Appeal saw these arguments for what
> >> they are: a breach of consumers' civil rights and actionable
> >> before the English courts."
> >> </quote>
> >
> > Fuck Google. Anyone who supports them is an idiot so it's totally
> > expected that the Linux losers in here would.
> >
> 
> I agree but it's hard not to support Google.  Even if you don't use
> their search engine you end up being somewhat-forced to deal with
> them whenever you visit a website that displays their ads or collects
> cookies for them.
> 
> 
> 
Advert sites can be redirected on Linux easily , and tehre 
is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privoxy
Watching youtube lately?

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Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 14:42 -0400
  Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:47 -0400
    Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 14:55 -0400
      Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-27 20:20 +0100
        Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 15:34 -0400
          Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-27 20:52 +0100
            Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 17:26 -0400
        Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 07:41 -0500
          Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 10:13 -0400
          Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-03-28 08:04 -0700
            Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-28 15:18 +0000
            Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 11:35 -0500
              Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-28 12:52 -0400
              Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 18:46 -0400
            Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-28 13:13 -0400
      Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 16:49 -0400
        Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 17:29 -0400
          Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 19:26 -0400
  Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 14:39 -0700

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