EPIC Seeks To Revive Lawsuit About Google Privacy Policy

In a last-ditch effort to halt Google's upcoming changes to its privacy policy, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed an appeal arguing that its lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission should be reinstated.

"The court must act now to prevent irreparable injury to EPIC and the public at large," the group argues in papers filed with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. EPIC initially sought a court order requiring the FTC to sue Google to prevent it from following through on plans to revise its privacy policy. The new policy, slated to take effect on Thursday, allows Google to combine data about signed-in users across a variety of products and services, including Gmail, Android, and YouTube. Google plans to use this data for targeted advertising and personalized services. Signed-in users can't prevent Google from aggregating data about them. People can prevent Google from combining data about them by signing out of the service, or using different browsers for different purposes.