Man Sues Google Over Google Toolbar Personal Data Transmission

Google has found itself submerged in hot waters of user privacy once again. This time it's the search engine's Toolbar feature. And this time, it's going to court.

Google has found itself submerged in hot waters of user privacy once again. This time it’s the search engine’s Toolbar feature. And this time, it’s going to court.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the world’s most popular search engine charging that the site’s Toolbar feature violates users’ privacy rights by exposing their Internet activity to the company.

The case against Google was brought by Jason Weber, a Google user from Brooklyn, New York, Bloomberg reports.

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