Chrome Users Allowed To Pursue Federal Wiretap Act, Privacy Claims Against Google

( June 15, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge partly granted Google LLC’s motion to dismiss dormant claims in a proposed privacy class action over Chrome data collection but allowed Federal Wiretap Act, invasion of privacy, California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) and declaratory relief claims to proceed after finding that Google had not shown at the pleading stage that the challenged data collection was consented to, exempt from the Federal Wiretap Act or tied to Google’s Chrome privacy representations....