iPhone data breach suit against Google blocked by UK High Court

Finance.co.uk is reporting that a mass legal action court case filed against Google was blocked by UK High Court

…The case claimed that the tech giant had collected sensitive data from more than 4 million iPhone users.

The tech giant faced the claims that it circumvented the privacy settings that were installed on the iPhone Safari browser of Apple between the period of August 2011 and February 2012…. with the aim of using the data to separate users into categories that will be easily distinguishable for advertisers.

However, Justice Warby, the judge who oversaw the case, said that while there is “no dispute” against the argument that Google was wrongful in obtaining the information this way, the claims that users suffered “damage” from the workaround did not have sufficient evidence…

The case was led by a campaign group known that is known as Google You Owe Us. It is led by Richard Lloyd, the former Which? chief…

In a statement, he stated: “Today’s judgement is extremely disappointing and effectively leaves millions of people without any practical way to seek redress and compensation when their personal data has been misused.”

He added: “Google’s business model is based on using personal data to target adverts to consumers and they must ask permission before using this data. The court accepted that people did not give permission in this case yet slammed the door shut on holding Google to account.”..

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