Posted on 06/17/2023 1:23:11 PM PDT by CFW
People who used Google search between 2006 and 2013 could be eligible for a portion of a $23 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against the Big Tech giant.
Google is accused of sharing users’ search queries with third-party websites and companies without their consent from Oct. 25, 2006, to Sept. 30, 2013, according to a notice of proposed settlement of the class action suit. (pdf).
While Google has not made any admissions of wrongdoing, it has agreed to enter into the settlement (pdf) to avoid burdensome and costly litigation, according to the Kroll Settlement Administration, which is involved in the proceedings. remove
The class action lawsuit is called In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation, Case No. 5:10-cv-4809-EJD, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The court has a final approval hearing scheduled for Oct. 12, 2023, at the San Jose Courthouse.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
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More like a nickel.
Never used Google Chrome, search, or anything Google on my Macs.
The final payout amount will be determined by the number of valid claims submitted.
Gimmiedat!
Woo Hoo! That’s one out of the pool.
Folks, that means we get to split mass55th’s nickel up between us!
Wow. $7.70 :-)
“How Much Can I Get?
Individuals who submit an approved claim stand to receive approximately $7.70, based on the available data from the involved parties.
The final payout amount will be determined by the number of valid claims submitted.”
If we had “loser pays” (court and legal costs of winners) in tort cases, the winning attorneys fees would be paid by the loser, and all the “settlement” would go to the individuals on the winning side of the suit.
Even then in this case, given the “class” is millions of individuals, the payout to the individuals would be very little each.
Ya know? I want one of those checks , just to hang on my wall. So that the thieving lawyers have to pay more for postage and it eats into their ill gotten gains.....
"Maybe I'll go to the movies......by myself!"
I’m getting my $22.5 million. I’m not sure where everybody else’s is coming from.
The Three Stooges in “Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb” (1938)
Synopsis
Curly wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente.
Their suite is furnished with many expensive items which they systematically wreck, running up quite a bill. When they discover that, minus tax deductions, the jackpot is only $4.85 they quickly agree to marry three pretty rich widows who are also living in the hotel.
The “widows” are actually gold diggers conniving to the get the jackpot money. When the girls find out what the jackpot is really worth, the boys get conked with champagne bottles.
LOL!! Don’t spend it all in one place.
Everyone will get about three-fitty.
Probably more like a penny each.
good one.
Grab yer 50 cents and give Google your personal info again...
$23 million is nothing for a huge list of users they can sell, and maybe even get sued again.
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