Google sued by British iPhone users in £1bn snooping claim

Class action accuses internet giant of data privacy breach

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Millions of British iPhone users are suing Google in a class action that claims the US tech giant unlawfully harvested their personal information by bypassing default privacy settings on smartphones.

Google allegedly used the Safari browser to track the online behaviour of 5.4 million iPhone users in the UK, and then used the data in its DoubleClick advertising business, which enables advertisers to target content according to a user’s browsing habits.

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