Google Seeks To Throw Out UK Safari Tracking Suit 70
judgecorp writes "In the latest twist to the saga of Google's tracking of Safari users, the tech giant has asked to have a U.K. lawsuit dismissed. Google says it is bound by California laws, so plaintiffs will have to come to the U.S. and sue there. Law firm Olswang is bringing the suit on behalf of British users whose Safari browser settings were overridden to help Google target ads; it argues that international organizations should respect the laws that apply where their customers live."
Re:Google Bows to No Queen (Score:4, Informative)
Doesn't matter - like most jurisdictions, if a business has a physical presence in a given area, they can be sued and are subject to the laws in that area. Odds are pretty good that Google has a physical presence at least somewhere in the UK, so...
Gotta give 'em credit for Chutzpah, though.
Re:Wow just WOW (Score:3, Informative)
Ironically Google stood alone in fighting China and refused to censor...
That is quite an interesting rewriting of history. Google was censoring the results on the mainland China page starting in 2006 [bbc.co.uk] up until to 2010. They only stopped censoring in Jan 2010 in response to the Chinese hack attack against them
Re:Google Bows to No Queen (Score:3, Informative)
Even if I have a presence in the UK, if a block there agreed to be bound by CA law, we have to go there to settle this contract.
No, that would simply make it an illegal contract and it would be nullified.