Three Gmail users have filed a new potential class-action lawsuit accusing Google of violating their privacy, MediaPost News reports. The suit, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleges Google violated the federal Stored Communications Law with the launch of its now-defunct Buzz service in 2010. Upon its launch, the service revealed information about Gmail users’ accounts by default. The company previously agreed to an $8.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the service, but the three users object to it because the settlement “gave no benefit to any class member,” according to the users’ lawyer.
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