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Investing.com -- A U.S. judge has ruled that people who accused Google of illegally collecting their personal information cannot sue the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit as a group in a class action lawsuit.
In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California agreed with Google that it was appropriate to address case-by-case whether millions of Chrome users understood and agreed to its data collection policies.
"Inquiries relating to Google’s implied consent defense will overwhelm the damages claims for all causes of action," Rogers wrote.
The judge dismissed the proposed damages class action with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again. Rogers also ruled that Chrome users cannot seek policy changes as a group.
The lawsuit centered on claims that Google collected personal information from users who had chosen not to synchronize their Google Chrome browsers with their Google accounts.
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