Judge Dismisses Putative UCL Class Claim Against Google For Data Monitoring

Mealey's (July 20, 2022, 8:17 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on July 18 denied two plaintiffs’ claims that Google LLC violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and violated their privacy by allegedly collecting data about their usage of non-Google apps while using Google’s Android operating system on their smartphones as the claims were all insufficiently pleaded despite the judge finding that Google failed to fully disclose its data collection policies....