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French Lawsuit Accuses Google of Violating EU Privacy Rules

Associated PressPARIS – A leading French consumer group filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday accusing Google of violating the European Union’s landmark 2018 privacy rules. In its filing in a Paris administrative court, the consumer group UFC Que Choisir is seeking $1,135 in damages for each of the 200 Google users involved so far. The consumer group says Google’s confidentiality rules are …


Telecommunications Companies Are Facing Privacy Class Action

Telecommunications giants are facing a class action for allegedly violating consumer privacy laws. A class action lawsuit has been filed against the four most popular telecommunications companies in the United States – Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. The class action covers approximately 300 million customers ranging from April 30, 2015 and February 15, 2019 spread out between the four …


Refunds for 300 Million Phone Users Sought in Lawsuits Over Location-Data Sales

The proposed classes would include all of the four carriers’ customers in the US between 2015 and 2019. Securus’ service relied on data from LocationSmart, a data aggregator that received location information from the carriers. We only share location data with customer consent. We stopped sharing location data with aggregators after reports of misuse.” T-Mobile declined to comment on the …


T-Mobile and Other U.S. Carriers Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Selling Customer Location Data

The saga of location data scandals involving T-Mobile and the other three major U.S. carriers continues with news of class action lawsuits. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon have been hit with class action lawsuits related to the various location data scandals that’ve been uncovered over the past year or so. “This action arises out of Defendant’s colletion of geolocation data and the …


Young Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Racist Behavior at Novi Collision Shop

A Federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been filed against Gerber Collision and Glass. A 21-year-old claims he was the victim of racist behavior, at the Novi location, where he recently quit. Ernest Garner filed the lawsuit this week against the auto repair shop headquartered in Illinois and his supervisor in Novi.


Pokemon Go Is Being Sued, Because of Course It Is

So here’s something we should have all seen coming: A guy is trying to sue pretty much everyone involved with Pokemon Go because the game placed Pokemon in his yard without asking his permission first. Yes, he is quite literally suing Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company because those damn kids won’t get off his lawn. A quick bit of back story, in case you’ve missed the other 5,362 …