Google users sue company over 'deceptive' privacy changes

Three Google users have filed a lawsuit against Google over changes to its privacy policy that combines user information across a number of company services. The suit, which seeks class-action status, alleges that Google deceived its users on what was going on when it combined privacy policies for about 60 products into one.

The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by David Nisenbaum, Pedro Marti and Allison C. Weiss on behalf of Google and Android users who signed up for any Google user account from Aug. 19, 2004, to Feb. 29, 2012, and continued to use a Google account on or after March 1, 2012, when Google's new privacy policy went into effect. The suit says Google's alleged deception took place because the privacy "change violates Google's prior privacy policies." The complaint seeks financial damages and accuses Google of violating the Computer Fraud Abuse Act, the Federal Wiretap Act and the Stored Electronic Communications Act.