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Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
In June 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed alleging that Google’s website – sometimes referred to as Google Buys or Google Shopping — misleadingly markets Pine-Sol Multi Surface Cleaner using language and an image of the product label that claims the cleaner “Kills 99.9% of Germs” and implies that the product will also kill the COVID-19 virus without adequate scientific studies to support such claims. (Golditch et al v. Alphabet, Inc., Google, Inc., and Google, LLC, Case No. 20-cv-11142, D. Mass.)
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
Allegations: Deceptively marketing apps in its Designed for Families program as safe and appropriate for children
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that fitness trackers are capable of measuring blood oxygen levels when they do not provide accurate measures
Allegations: Advertising phones as capable of accessing 5G broadband networks when they were no longer able to access 5G networks after a software update
Allegations: Falsely representing that the company safeguards consumers’ personal data when such information was disclosed to third parties
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel
Allegations: Promoting illegal virtual gambling games
Allegations: Promoting illegal virtual gambling games
Allegations: Promoting illegal virtual gambling games
Allegations: Promoting illegal virtual gambling games
Allegations: Promoting illegal virtual gambling games
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that certain games use loot boxes, which are a form of gambling that violates state anti-gambling laws
Allegations: Falsely advertising Stadia as more powerful than other gaming consoles and as displaying all video games in 4k resolution
In August 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. for allegedly falsely advertising that various Google Home devices – including the Google Home, Google Home…
In January 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Google for, among other things, allegedly deceiving customers who subscribe to Google Drive (a data-storage service). According to the complaint, Google…
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