Google has agreed to keep in place security measures it previously enacted to end a proposed privacy class action claiming that a COVID-19 contact-tracing tool was exposing unwitting Android users' sensitive personal information, the users said in a bid for preliminary approval of the nonmonetary deal.
Google has asked a California federal court to toss a proposed class action claiming that a free COVID-19 contact tracing tool the company co-created exposed unwitting Android users' sensitive personal information, arguing that the plaintiffs have yet to allege they experienced actual harm.
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