Google Faces Potential Class-Action Suit for Tracking Phone Users

Anyone who owns an iPhone or Android phone and has turned off location tracking will be eligible to join a lawsuit that claims Google has created “near perfect surveillance” -- if a judge grants class-action status. The Mountain View search and digital advertising giant is in hot water over revelations that it continues to track users who turn off the location-history function on their mobile phones.

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