"Google has spent the last decade and a half redefining its engineering culture as a design-focused company. But a recent scene that played out in court offered a sad rebuke of the narrative-outing Google as either entirely incompetent at design or manipulating in its practice. The company has been facing a federal jury this week in California, around a class action suit that claims between 2016 and 2024, Google saved and used "pseudonymous" information about its users without consent."
"How? Google tapped the data tracked by its own analytics software incorporated inside of these apps. (Google did not respond to a request for comment by time of publication.) Explained like that, it seems almost obvious that Google could be privy to data. But of course, most users have no idea what analytics software their apps are using, and furthermore, plaintiffs argue that 98 million people opted out of Google having their third party data collected."
Google faces a federal jury in California over a class action alleging that between 2016 and 2024 Google saved and used "pseudonymous" user information without consent. Plaintiffs claim that despite opting out of data collection on Google services, Google accessed third-party app data by tapping analytics software embedded in those apps. Plaintiffs assert roughly 98 million people opted out of third-party data collection and believed they were covered. Google defended its practices by presenting an expert who argued the company used progressive disclosure and "good UI design" to avoid cognitive overload. Progressive disclosure can be a legitimate UX technique when implemented properly.
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