Google’s request to throw out a lawsuit regarding the privacy of Google Wallet users has been dismissed by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman, Reuters reported Thursday (April 2).
The lawsuit, which was filed in San Jose, California, alleges that Google violated its users’ privacy by providing personal information to outside app developers. As a result of the judge’s ruling, Google’s case will move forward as the search giant faces accusations that it broke its privacy agreements with users’ contracts, which was a violation of the Stored Communications Act, according to Reuters. This law limits companies like Google from sharing such information without other parties.
“Freeman said Google Wallet users may try to show that Google ‘frustrated’ the purpose of its own privacy policy by allowing ‘blanket, universal disclosure’ of their personal information to app developers whenever they bought apps in Google’s Play Store,” Reuters reported.
This case is being led by Illinois resident Alice Svenson, who claimed that Google “sent unnecessary personal information,” to app developers. The plaintiff, who filed the suit in September 2013, seeks damages of $1,000 per violation. Google’s spokeswoman Anaik Weid declined Reuters’ request for comment.
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