{"id":3645,"date":"2021-11-10T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/top-uk-court-blocks-legal-action-against-google-over-internet-tracking\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:40:03","slug":"top-uk-court-blocks-legal-action-against-google-over-internet-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/top-uk-court-blocks-legal-action-against-google-over-internet-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners sought to sue for \u00a33bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales<\/p>\n<p>A \u00a33bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/may\/21\/google-sued-tracking-44m-uk-iphone-users-browsing-data-apple-safari\">internet activity of millions of iPhone users<\/a> has been blocked by the UK supreme court.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts said the decision meant the \u201cfloodgates\u201d remained closed to class actions on data privacy in England and Wales, although the ruling noted digital technology\u2019s ability to cause \u201cmass harm\u201d to people.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2021\/nov\/10\/top-uk-court-blocks-legal-action-against-google-over-internet-tracking\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2bc6eec907a6ab3c0f20676e00961496f6a72182\/0_257_5464_3280\/master\/5464.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0427da956fb3fe64ddefba2f55bb9c48\" title=\"Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking\" \/>Campaigners sought to sue for \u00a33bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales<br \/>\nA \u00a33bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the internet activity of millions of iPhone users has been blocked by the UK supreme court.<br \/>\nLegal experts said the decision meant the \u201cfloodgates\u201d remained closed to class actions on data privacy in England and Wales, although the ruling noted digital technology\u2019s ability to cause \u201cmass harm\u201d to people. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners sought to sue for \u00a33bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales A \u00a33bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the internet activity of millions of iPhone users has been blocked by the UK supreme court. Legal experts said the decision meant the \u201cfloodgates\u201d remained closed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/top-uk-court-blocks-legal-action-against-google-over-internet-tracking\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}