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Re: Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case

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"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.

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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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