Googlehas admitted it intentionally sidestepped security settings on Apple’s Safari web browser on iPhones and other devices. Photograph: Pixellover RM 3/Alamy
More than 70 Apple iPhone users in the UK have joined a landmark privacy action against Google over the way it tracked their online habits, and another 30 have expressed interest, lawyers said on Tuesday.
The internet giant is facing a group privacy claim over the way it sidestepped Apple’s security settings on the iPhone, iPad and desktop versions of its Safari web browser to monitor their behaviour. The US Federal Trade Commission fined it a then-record $22.5m (14m) last year over the privacy breach’s effect on American users.
More than 100 internet users have contracted the law firm Olswang, which is co-ordinating the claim, since Sunday to register their interest in joining the privacy action. A Facebook group set up by those suing Google, called Safari Users Against Google’s Secret Tracking, has been “liked” by more than 430 people.
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