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Judge allows key claims in class action over Google’s alleged health data collection

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Vlada Gurvich

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The court narrowed a privacy suit against Google, letting claims proceed only for health data collected before its 2023 policy update.

A federal court in California has given the green light to a lawsuit alleging that Google improperly harvested personal data from websites operated by healthcare providers, but with a crucial caveat.

The ruling, handed down by Judge Vince Chhabria, permits the case to proceed, albeit only with respect to claims

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