US Supreme Court to Hear Google Privacy Settlement Dispute

US Supreme Court to Hear Google Privacy Settlement Dispute
The Google logo is seen at the "Station F" start up campus in Paris, France, Feb. 15, 2018. Reuters/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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By Andrew Chung

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an internet privacy case involving Google that could put the brakes on an increasingly common form of settlement in class action suits that funnels money to unrelated third parties and charities instead of to people affected by the alleged wrongdoing.