Google is contesting the right of UK Safari users to bring a case against it in the UK, according to a statement from the plaintiffs’ law firm. To emphasize its stance, in fact, the search engine did not accept notice of the lawsuit in the UK but forced the plaintiffs to file in California instead — a jurisdiction in which their case, which alleges privacy violations, is much weaker. The plaintiffs filed suit in January seeking damages for Google’s alleged bypass of Safari’s security settings.
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Google Seeks Home-Field Advantage in UK Privacy Suit
Posted by: Erika Morphy August 21, 2013 11:56 AMGoogle is contesting the right of UK Safari users to bring a case against it in the UK, according to a statement from the plaintiffs’ law firm. To emphasize its stance, in fact, the search engine did not accept notice of the lawsuit in the UK but forced the plaintiffs to file in California instead — a jurisdiction in which their case, which alleges privacy violations, is much weaker. The plaintiffs filed suit in January seeking damages for Google’s alleged bypass of Safari’s security settings.