The British initiated a class-action lawsuit against Google. They believed that Google secretly tracked iPhone users and affected millions of users. However, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled on Wednesday that the lawsuit was not feasible and could not continue.
Google lawyer Antony White believes that according to British law if a data protection lawsuit wants compensation, there is a prerequisite that the data breach will cause damage to the plaintiff. Richard Lloyd (Richard Lloyd), the former senior manager of the British consumer rights protection organization Which? For example, allegations against Facebook and YouTube.
Lloyd hopes to hold big companies accountable. According to his estimation, if he wins the lawsuit, people who use the iPhone from 2011 to 2012 will receive more than 3 billion pounds (US$4.2 billion). He said that Google tracks Internet browsing history, obtains personal data, and then uses it to push targeted advertising.
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Lloyd said in a statement: “Google uses our personal data to obtain billions of pounds in revenue each year. It is not correct to abuse personal data for profit. Google should be held accountable. This is the axiom.”
Julian Copeman, a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills Law Firm, believes: “If the judgment is in favor of the plaintiff, the floodgates will be opened, and data class actions will flood in the UK like a tsunami.”
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