Google Again Faces Accusations Of Collecting Chrome Data Without Permission

Google is sued for class action (photo: dock. Google)

JAKARTA Google accepted a class action lawsuit in 2020 on charges of collecting data on Chrome users without permission. The lawsuit was rejected in 2022, but the court overturned its decision. In a decision issued on Tuesday, August 20, the US Federal Court of Appeals said that a lower court should review its lawsuit first, then determine whether the user agreed to agree with data collection. Milan Judge D. Smith Jr. said that the previous judge, Gonzalez Rogers, did not consider whether the user really understood the data collection agreement. Therefore, the case will be reopened. "Google has a general privacy disclosure but promotes Chrome by suggesting that certain information will not be sent to Google unless the user activates synchronization," Smith wrote in his ruling. On the other hand, Google did not accept this decision. Google spokesman Castaöda told The Verge that Google does not agree with Smith's decision. Castatereda also said that privacy control in Chrome has been made very clearly.

"We do not agree with this decision and believe the facts of this case are in our favor. Synchronization of Chrome helps people use Chrome smoothly on their various devices and has clear privacy control," Casta totaleda said. Although Google disagreed, and was annoyed by this sudden decision, the company had to face the lawsuit. Smith has returned the case to a lower court.