# Google data case to be heard in Supreme Court

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**Category:** Ethics & Privacy\
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**Created:** [6 May 2021 14:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/google-data-case-to-be-heard-in-supreme-court/9384 "2021-05-06T14:16:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 May 2021 14:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/google-data-case-to-be-heard-in-supreme-court/9384/1 "2021-05-06T14:16:51Z")

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> **A landmark case alleging Google illegally tracked millions of iPhone users is set for the Supreme Court.**
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> The case will not be about the claim itself but whether the complainant Richard Lloyd - the former director of consumer rights group Which? - can bring it on behalf of those affected.
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> Two days of arguments will be heard, although a judgement is not expected for weeks.
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> If the case is allowed to go ahead, many others are likely to follow.
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> Mr Lloyd alleged that between 2011 and 2012 Google cookies collected data on health, race, ethnicity, sexuality and finance through Apple’s Safari web browser, even when users had chosen a “do not track” privacy setting.
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> The case aimed to get compensation for the 4.4 million affected users…

Read in full here:

> **[Google data case to be heard in Supreme Court](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56901364)**
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> The Supreme Court will rule on whether the case can go ahead on behalf of millions of iPhone users.

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