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[HN] When is privacy button not a privacy button? When Google runs it, claims lawsuit
(www.theregister.com)
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A recently released video deposition in long-running lawsuit over Google tracking its users has claimed that even the CEO Sundar Pichai isn't clear on what's going on below him.
Jonathan Hochman, an expert witness for the plaintiffs, provided a technical analysis of Google data collection, but his report remains under seal.
Hochman in his deposition contends that even Google insiders, including Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, misunderstand the WAA control.
This is spelled out more explicitly in a more recent court filing [PDF]: "For example, Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified to Congress that, within 'My Account' user can 'clearly see what information is collected, stored.'
"The situation I found upon the technical investigation was counterintuitive, it was not what I expected to find, and it is, frankly, kind of Orwellian, it is just very strange that you have a privacy switch that when you flip it, it just means we don't tell you that we're spying on you," he said.
Last year, the judge hearing the case dismissed [PDF] claims that alleged violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act and breach of contract.
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