Security News > 2021 > April > Google Data Protection Case to be Heard in UK Supreme Court
Google on Wednesday began a legal bid at Britain's highest court to try to block a class action alleging that it illegally tracked millions of iPhone users.
In October 2018, the High Court dismissed the case but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision in October 2019, allowing it to proceed.
Google has appealed against the decision, hoping to get the case dismissed on the grounds the claimants have shown insufficient evidence users were adversely affected.
The association accuses Google of circumventing iPhone security options and collecting personal data between August 2011 and February 2012 using the Safari browser.
"Google illegally misused the data of millions of iPhone users without consent and we want to hold them to account," Lloyd said in a statement before the hearing.
Google has said the events that happened 10 years ago were responded to at the time.