A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to revive a proposed class action alleging that Google's "Lockbox" program secretly collected information about Android owners' non-Google app use, saying Google clearly disclosed in its privacy policy that it tracks activity in third-party apps. Keker attorneys Ben Berkowitz, Tom Gorman and Ian Kanig represented Google.
In an unpublished opinion, the three-judge panel affirmed the district court's dismissal of the suit brought by plaintiffs Marie Hammerling and Kay Jackson alleging Google uses a secret program called "Android Lockbox" to collect data from non-Google apps on Android devices.
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