| Hibnick v. Google, Inc. | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Full case name | Eva Hibnick v. Google Inc. (In re: Google Buzz Privacy Litigation) |
| Decided | October 7, 2010 |
| Docket nos. | 5:10-cv-00672 |
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| Judge sitting | James Ware |
Hibnick v. Google, Inc. was a class action suit brought by Eva Hibnick, aHarvard Law School graduate, againstGoogle in 2010. The suit accused Google of breaching several electronic communications laws with the launch of their new productGoogle Buzz.[1][2][3] Google Buzz was a social media network that automatically plugged into Gmail.
Hibnick v. Google[4] was filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of California and accused Google of being in breach of theElectronic Communications Privacy Act and theComputer Fraud and Abuse Act. Google Buzz shared private information by revealing Gmail users’ contacts and automatically opted all Gmail users into using Google Buzz.[5]
The lawsuit settled for $8.5 million, 30% of which went to the attorneys.[6]
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