Law Street reports
An opinion by Magistrate Judge Nathaniel M. Cousins recently approved the non-monetary relief settlement between Google and plaintiffs who alleged that its COVID-19 contact tracing system unlawfully exposed confidential and personally identifying medical information. Under the terms of last week’s settlement, Google will make changes to its tracing system to provide more privacy and decrease the chance of data exposure.
71The 2021 lawsuit stems from Google’s launch of an emergency notification (EN) system that aimed to track and trace cases of the virus then warn users after exposure. According to the complaint, there were flaws in Google’s software, leaving users’ private health information unprotected on Android device system logs to which Google and third-party app developers had access.
Prior to the settlement reached this May, the plaintiffs filed two complaints and responded to Google’s motion to dismiss.
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