Google Privacy Lawsuit Over Ad Bidding Process To Go Forward

Google has failed to convince a California federal judge to dismiss a privacy lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet Inc unit sells or gives personal information to third parties through its digital advertising system, without informing users. From a report: In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland said Google account holders have sufficiently alleged most of their claims in the lawsuit over the company's "real-time bidding" process. A Google spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday that privacy and transparency are "core" to its ad services. "We never sell people's personal information, we have strict policies specifically prohibiting personalized ads based on sensitive categories of information, and sensitive user data like health, race, or religion is not shared with our partners," the spokesperson said.

They said it all

[GoTeam]

We never sell people's personal information, we have strict policies specifically prohibiting personalized ads based on sensitive categories of information, and sensitive user data like health, race, or religion is not shared with our partners," the spokesperson said.

So if I read that summary correctly, they share everything except your health, race, and religion with their partners. It also seems to imply that they also gather your health, race, and religion. They're just super careful with it...

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[cj*]

Or that is what the lawsuit claims, and they are responding to it.

"The CCAC alleges as follows: ... Google provides highly specific information ... that identifies the individual being targeted through unique identifiers,
device identifiers, geolocation, IP address, cookie match, and other information.... the specific content of account holdersâ(TM) internet communications and ... personal profile information about peoplesâ(TM) interests, race, religion, sexual orientation, and health
status"

Of course privacy is important!

[SlideWRX]

Googles privacy and your transparency are core to its ad services. Who doesn't get this?