Judge rejects class action for Google privacy lawsuit

People who accused Google of illegally collecting their personal information, after they chose not to synchronise their Google Chrome browsers with their Google accounts, cannot sue the Alphabet unit as a group in a class action, a US judge ruled.

In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California agreed with Google that it was appropriate to address case-by-case whether millions of Chrome users understood and agreed to its data collection policies.

“Inquiries relating to Google’s implied consent defense will…