Legal Opinion

In Re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 10, 2015No. 13-4300PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

This class action arises from allegations that the defendants, who run internet advertising businesses, placed tracking cookies on the plaintiffs’ web browsers in contravention of their browsers’ cookie blockers and defendant Google’s own public statements. At issue in this appeal is the District Court’s dismissal of each of the nine claims brought by the plaintiffs. As follows, we will affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand to the District Court for additional proceedings.

I. Background

A. Internet Advertising and Cookie-Based Tracking

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2Cases cited44 opinions

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