Bloomberg reports on lawsuits against Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo based on questions surrounding the use of consent, where consumers claim the companies “unfairly appropriated their personal information for profit.” U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh—who last year told Google it wasn’t being clear enough in its disclosures on data use—will hear the cases. The suits claim that “click-to-agree” screens, opt-out buttons and privacy policies don’t give enough information about how user data will be used.
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