Yet another online privacy class action bit the dust on standing grounds on Wednesday. This time around Google Inc. and its lawyers at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati dodged claims that Google illegally monitored users of the popular Web browsers Safari and Internet Explorer.
In a 24-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Delaware dismissed allegations that Google tricked Web surfers into accepting “third-party cookies” — code that remembers whether you’ve visited a Web site before and helps advertisers target their ads. Robinson ruled that there’s no indication that users of Safari and Internet Explorer suffered an economic injury.
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